Heart Rate Variability - Applications and Insights in 2018 (podcast)

Blog post by Marco Altini


​Sharing a podcast I've recorded recently. Thank you Mikael for inviting me to discuss HRV4Training, physiology and human performance on the Scientific Triathlon podcast:  https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts144/

In this podcast, we skip the basics of HRV (that hopefully are clear by now!) and go directly into how you can use the data, in particular covering: 

• The main practical applications of HRV and how to use it to guide training and recovery needs. 
• Short-term (daily) vs. long-term (7-day rolling average) HRV pros and cons. 
• Potential drawbacks of HRV: can it cause athletes to hold back unnecessarily? 
• Additional insights made possible with daily HRV measurements and the HRV4Training app. 
• The latest trends in the HRV field of research. 
• The future of HRV research and HRV4Training.

Quick reminder also that you can get 10% off HRV4Training PRO (See https://HRV4T.com) using promo code SCIENCE - the platform already includes our latest work on estimating running performance for the half and full marathon.

​Will wrap that up in a blog post soon, but you can see some screenshots here should you be interested: https://www.strava.com/activities/1798124065/overview