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This looks amazing. Have you seen benefits from HRV training? Would it work with other chest strap pulse meters?

kbre93 3y ago
Thanks, I've personally found benefits from being to learn to control my breathing in stressful situations. Right now it only works with the Polar H10, but it would be possible to adapt it if other chest strap monitors have an accelerometer in them.
- alfonsodev 3y ago
  what about an Apple Watch ? would it be possible to create an app for it ?
  - modo_ 3y ago
    You might be interested in this https://www.59breaths.app/ https://www.59breaths.app/
  - steve1977 3y ago
    Doesn’t let you measure HRV (so easily, as an application). If you mean using the Apple Watch as the sensor. There’s a couple of HRV apps for iOS though.
    - cancelself 3y ago
      https://github.com/nrsh-society/zendo https://github.com/nrsh-society/zendo
      - steve1977 3y ago
        You can get HRV data after a “mindfulness” session, but not in realtime during the session, at least as far as I know. That’s what I meant with not so easily. I also found that the results don’t match measurements with a HR strap very well, at least for me.
  - jeanofthedead 3y ago
    The Apple Watch measured HRV when using the Breathe function in the Mindfulness app. Apps like Health, Training Today, and HRV Tracker can help visualize these readings.
- 55555 3y ago
  Do you wear this chest strap under your clothes every day?
  - kbre93 3y ago
    No, this is just for biofeedback training, so just for a session once a day
joshvm 3y ago
The literature is not particularly confident on the benefits of breathwork. A recent meta study found limited positive evidence. They conclude it can probably help some people, but the mechanism is unclear (and I read that as could be placebo). At least it's pretty safe. There's a lot of hype and the few studies that exist are potentially biased. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-27247-y https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-27247-y

Thanks, I've personally found benefits from being to learn to control my breathing in stressful situations. Right now it only works with the Polar H10, but it would be possible to adapt it if other chest strap monitors have an accelerometer in them.

alfonsodev 3y ago
what about an Apple Watch ? would it be possible to create an app for it ?
- modo_ 3y ago
  You might be interested in this https://www.59breaths.app/ https://www.59breaths.app/
- steve1977 3y ago
  Doesn’t let you measure HRV (so easily, as an application). If you mean using the Apple Watch as the sensor. There’s a couple of HRV apps for iOS though.
  - cancelself 3y ago
    https://github.com/nrsh-society/zendo https://github.com/nrsh-society/zendo
    - steve1977 3y ago
      You can get HRV data after a “mindfulness” session, but not in realtime during the session, at least as far as I know. That’s what I meant with not so easily. I also found that the results don’t match measurements with a HR strap very well, at least for me.
- jeanofthedead 3y ago
  The Apple Watch measured HRV when using the Breathe function in the Mindfulness app. Apps like Health, Training Today, and HRV Tracker can help visualize these readings.
55555 3y ago
Do you wear this chest strap under your clothes every day?
- kbre93 3y ago
  No, this is just for biofeedback training, so just for a session once a day

joshvm 3y ago

The literature is not particularly confident on the benefits of breathwork. A recent meta study found limited positive evidence. They conclude it can probably help some people, but the mechanism is unclear (and I read that as could be placebo). At least it's pretty safe. There's a lot of hype and the few studies that exist are potentially biased. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-27247-y https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-27247-y