Resting heart rate and heart rate variability (HRV) are metrics that give consistent feedback on our health status and fitness. As we get fitter, our resting heart rate drops. Elite athletes have a resting heart rate in the mid 30s. Why HRV is important? The heart beat forms one of the most important indicators of… Continue reading Your heart is your personal pathologist
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Open letter to the World’s leaders
We are seeing a familiar pattern as the Omicron variant of COVID-19 surges across the globe. The defences that you promised will keep us safe, are failing. The economy is going backwards. So you raise new defences, promising that this time they will protect us. Now, it’s the booster vaccine that will save us. Why… Continue reading Open letter to the World’s leaders
Improving the numbers
Roy is HRV Health’s founder. His RMSSD is between 100 and 120, and his RHR is usually around 40. Those are the metrics of an athlete in his twenties. Roy is . “Four years ago I was in deep trouble. My SRRS score was 394.” He says. “There was an 80% chance of having a… Continue reading Improving the numbers
The benefits of measuring Heart Rate Variability
Heart rate variability gives users a daily measure of their health status. It also provides the elite athlete with a powerful metric of how their body is responding to training. A health heart is not a metronome[1]An Overview of Heart Rate Variability Metrics and Norms, even when the pulse rate is constant. The interval between… Continue reading The benefits of measuring Heart Rate Variability
COVID-19 is here for the long term
In 2000 Philip Morris in the Czech Republic commissioned a report that confirmed that smoking has a positive benefit on the cost of healthcare. The study found that smoking kills before other morbidities that require expensive treatment take hold, so saving the financial burden on the taxpayer[1]Public Finance Balance of Smoking in the Czech Republic.… Continue reading COVID-19 is here for the long term
Staying alive with HRV
Heart Rate Variability (HRV) reliably tests health conditions ranging from respiratory diseases and cardiovascular ailments[1]ANS Clinical Studies to COVID-19[2]Assessment of physiological signs associated with COVID-19 measured using wearable devices. HRV improves with increased levels fitness[3]Heart rate variability and aerobic fitness. HRV declines with age[4]Short-Term Heart Rate Variability—Influence of Gender and Age in Healthy Subjects. It’s… Continue reading Staying alive with HRV