[Podcast] 1% Better: HRV, HRV Guided Training and HRV Misconceptions - Dr Marco Altini
A conversation with Xylon van Eyck and David Lipman
A few weeks ago, I had a conversation with Xylon and my dear friend Dave about all things heart rate variability (HRV), in particular covering the following:
(08:27) What is HRV
(09:28) Can We Use HRV Through the Day to Measure Stress?
(12:25) What Different Measures Can We Use to Measure HRV?
(17:00) Pros and Cons of Morning vs Overnight HRV Measures
(24:29) Athletes Using Wearables
(29:19) How Does Marco Think About Competing with Wearable Industry Giants?
(37:34) The Impact of Posture on HRV Measurement
(43:03) What is ‘Good’ HRV?
(48:03) Suppression of HRV
(53:10) HRV Guided Training
(55:42) Seasonality in HRV Data
(58:03) Misconceptions Around HRV
(1:03:36) Does High HRV Mean You Should Train Harder?
(1:06:47) Post Workout HRV
I hope you’ll find it interesting, and thank you for listening!
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Marco holds a PhD cum laude in applied machine learning, a M.Sc. cum laude in computer science engineering, and a M.Sc. cum laude in human movement sciences and high-performance coaching. He is a certified ultrarunning coach.
Marco has published more than 50 papers and patents at the intersection between physiology, health, technology, and human performance.
He is co-founder of HRV4Training, endurance coach at Destination Unknown, advisor at Oura, guest lecturer at VU Amsterdam, and editor for IEEE Pervasive Computing Magazine. He loves running.
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