The Ultimate guide to Heart Rate Variability (HRV). Part Four: common misconceptions

This is the fourth (and last) part of our series of educational posts on heart rate variability (HRV)

All you need to know to make effective use of the technology and data is already covered in the previous parts of this guide. However, there are a few misconceptions that keep popping up, and it can be beneficial to try to clarify a few points.

In particular, in part 4 we’ll see:

• Misconception 1: Phones or watches are less accurate than straps in measuring HRV. Follow up, misconception 1b: Watches are all accurate in measuring HRV
• Misconception 2: Measuring during the night is better because you are unconscious
• Misconception 3: Measuring before working out is more informative on my readiness than measuring in the morning
• Misconception 4: HRV is the same as resting heart rate
• Misconception 5: HRV should improve over time
• Misconception 6: I cannot benefit from measuring HRV if I do not care about training
• Misconception 7: HRV is less useful than subjective data to capture how an athlete responds to training
• Misconception 8: HRV is not useful if I do strength training

​Hopefully, this post will help to clarify most of the doubts you might have, but please feel free to ask questions below should you have any additional points.

Full article here. Enjoy the read.