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by mips_avatar 2001 days ago
I'd love to get one of these. I have been using a whoop to sanity check all my exercise routines with their recovery data. I feel like something like this could help me hone in on the perfect diet and lifestyle even better than a continuous glucose monitor.
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You might not be getting accurate recovery data from Whoop. The heart rate sensor is doesn't work very well. https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2020/05/whoop-3-platform-review....
Data has been pretty close to my Apple watch. One annoying part is it sometimes stops transmitting data to my bike computer, but I think that’s a Bluetooth problem and after the workout I will check the whoop app and it was recording the whole time.
What's a whoop?
It's a heartrate wearable that focuses on really accurate heartrate variability measurement. This is important as it's an indicator of recovery.
This is the only article I could find that includes detailed information comparing the Whoops sensors to other devices: https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2020/05/whoop-3-platform-review....

Do you happen to know of others?

I don't have an article about it, but the reason i chose to replace my apple watch with a whoop was because i wanted insight into my HRV. Apple watch only measures HRV a few times a day, while whoop is continuous. I would only recommend a whoop if you are concerned you might be overtraining, that's what i use it for.
Looks like it is a fitness tracker of some sort.

https://www.whoop.com/

It’s a smartband or more like https://www.aidlab.com ?