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I don’t know of any consumer device that measures HRV accurately or consistently, Garmin and Apple included. You can wear a Garmin on one wrist, and an Apple Wa

I don’t know of any consumer device that measures HRV accurately or consistently, Garmin and Apple included. You can wear a Garmin on one wrist, and an Apple Watch on the other, as I did, and you will not get the same results between them. HRV is best measured by qualified medical people with professional equipment. Here’s a better/cheaper/simpler way to do roughly the same thing: - Get yourself a paper calendar and a red Sharpie. - Run or walk x miles every day. - After your run or walk, draw a big red X on that day. Also draw an emoji covering your general mood, if you’d like. - Strive for 7 X’s every week. Settle for 5 or more. Never skip more than one day at a time.

tra3 5y ago
There's a chap on YouTube that compares smart watches to pro (or prosumer?) devices. His take away from testing apple series 7 watch [0] is that it's very accurate when it comes to heart rate and HRV. The appeal of having a smart device like this is that you don't have to worry much about manual tracking. My problem with the Apple Watch is that I couldn't keep it charged. I've also heard really interesting personal stories about Garmin body battery functionality so I might check that out next. [0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHQxhuqgvaw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHQxhuqgvaw