Ha, I agree with most of these, but I love the sleep scores and HRV tracking! But it’s mostly useful as a way to get more in touch with, validate, or challenge how I’m *feeling*. For example: “No wonder I’m feeling tired and unmotivated, I slept really poorly last night, maybe I do actually deserve to rest” and “Wow, alcohol really does interfere with my sleep quality!” or “Hmm, I got fewer hours of sleep last night than I wanted, but I got plenty of REM and deep sleep, maybe I still can go do the hard fun thing I wanted to do today”.
Not gonna lie, I've felt the draw to knowing all that! I tried a while back to wear my watch to sleep to get some HRV data but EW I hate the feeling of a watch on at night!! Also- really amazing to see how even one alcoholic drink can affect people's data. At 32 I'm finally feeling the effects of even just one drink before bed :(
Here for the feels! From general to specific having an internalized understanding of body output is becoming a lost art.
Also I think there is a healthy way to engage community of Strava and also get lots of great trail beta. So I’d ask you to join so that it gives me another more specific place to cheer on your athletic pursuits.
Haha! This seems to be a divisive one - but the consensus seems to be that the best aspect of Strava is cheering on friends, so how can I push back on that?! Also your "lost art" sentence should be a full article, SO true.
Ha, I agree with most of these, but I love the sleep scores and HRV tracking! But it’s mostly useful as a way to get more in touch with, validate, or challenge how I’m *feeling*. For example: “No wonder I’m feeling tired and unmotivated, I slept really poorly last night, maybe I do actually deserve to rest” and “Wow, alcohol really does interfere with my sleep quality!” or “Hmm, I got fewer hours of sleep last night than I wanted, but I got plenty of REM and deep sleep, maybe I still can go do the hard fun thing I wanted to do today”.
Not gonna lie, I've felt the draw to knowing all that! I tried a while back to wear my watch to sleep to get some HRV data but EW I hate the feeling of a watch on at night!! Also- really amazing to see how even one alcoholic drink can affect people's data. At 32 I'm finally feeling the effects of even just one drink before bed :(
Here for the feels! From general to specific having an internalized understanding of body output is becoming a lost art.
Also I think there is a healthy way to engage community of Strava and also get lots of great trail beta. So I’d ask you to join so that it gives me another more specific place to cheer on your athletic pursuits.
Haha! This seems to be a divisive one - but the consensus seems to be that the best aspect of Strava is cheering on friends, so how can I push back on that?! Also your "lost art" sentence should be a full article, SO true.
I’ve been contemplating writing that article a long time.
I love reading these!!!
Such a good Franna <3