We know you’re already measuring your heart rate variability (HRV) so now we’re challenging you to take some basic steps to improve it! Over the next few weeks we’ll be asking you to tick off goals in order to improve your sleep quality and in turn raise your HRV baseline.
Categories
Tags
Andrew Tamplin
Android
Andy Dolphin
biochemistry
blood analysis
Bluetooth smart
Brian Schwind
coaching
covid
cycling
Endurance sports
Finger Sensor
Georgina Gardner Stockley
Health
healthy living
Heart rate monitor
How to use HRV in sports training
HRV Research
illness
InsideTracker
Interval training
ithlete ECG receiver
ithlete HRV scores
ithlete Pro
ithlete Research
John O'Regan
Marathon
nutrition
Olympic
overtraining
Performance
product releases
Recovery
Running
Simon Wegerif
Sleep
Sports science
taper
Team Sports
Training
Training load
Triathlon
TRIMP
Wellness
Why ithlete?
Challenge accepted!
This is pretty timely. I’ve been putting a lot of thought into improving my sleep schedule. Lately I’ve been using low doses of Melatonin to help reset my internal clock and get me on an early to bed/early to rise schedule. Left to my own devices I train in the middle of the night and sleep in late. Not the most practical way of living… I don’t take Melatonin regularly, but it’s interesting to note, the couple few times I’ve taken it, the following morning my HRV has spiked to a level I don’t normally reach.
There was a great article on iRunFar recently talking about the importance of quality sleep for athletes:
http://www.irunfar.com/2015/06/sleep-the-missing-ingredient.html
Thanks Mark, it’ll be really interesting to hear how you get on over the month!