I am only looking to maintain my level of health and fitness.
Also, this is an FYI post (to you) as I am not recommending anyone track this or that tracking it has any benefit.
To monitor my HRV, I used the EliteHRV app and my chest strap with the Bluetooth sensor that usually comes with the H7 model.
I'm curious as to how you monitored your HRV?
A primer on HRV
https://elitehrv.com/what-is-heart-rate-variability
They recommend measuring it every morning and it takes a reading for 2.5 minutes. They say the more consistent you are in the reading, the better your analysis will be.
EliteHRV converts your HRV to a score based on 1-10. It is beyond the scope of this post to describe what they say it means, but you can read about it here in their FAQ.
https://elitehrv.com/faq
They say with it...
"you can better understand your nervous systems, cardiovascular systems, and respiratory systems in response to life’s stressors. By acting on your HRV biofeedback insights, you can optimize your training, manage stress, improve health, and maximize your performance in life."
Here are my results...
My average "score" based on almost 2 months of consecutive readings is 8.6
They also give you an HRV value based on age and gender. Supposedly, higher is better
https://elitehrv.com/normal-heart-rate- ... age-gender
Here it is for men
I am 59 years old and my average is 55 which is above the average in my group.
In discussing these numbers, they note...
"Keep in mind, the Elite HRV user base may not directly represent the general population. We have a higher representation of elite and recreational athletes that typically have higher HRV scores. This may slightly skew the sample stats when compared to some medical research studies. That said, we do have a very large population sample (over a million readings) that helps increase the confidence of the data analysis."
They app also measures something called the Coefficient of Variation (CV)
https://elitehrv.com/improving-hrv-data ... -variation
Again, it appears higher is better.
They say...
"Excluding the recreational athletes, it appears that between 6-8% is a pretty common average for CV values among a variety of athletes. However, understand that individual values range from as low as 1% to >20%. "
My CV is averaging around 3 to 6%
So, whether or not this means anything and/or if it does, it looks like compared to a population that has a higher percent then normal of recreational and elite athletes, I am in good shape...
Literally
In Health
Jeff
