HRV monitoring for strength and power athletes - One of my favorite guest posts on our blog, by @andrew_flatt https://www.hrv4training.com/blog/hrv-monitoring-for-strength-and-power-athletes

"Highly trained individuals are more likely to see a pronounced decrease in HRV the following morning in response to a training session if:

1. The training stimulus is considerably greater than the individual typically experiences (an abrupt increase in load)"

"2. The training stimulus is novel or different from what the individual is accustomed"

and

"3. Training is otherwise normal, but non-training related stressors are affecting recovery" - the latter being an often overlooked great reason to use HRV monitoring in my experience.

"Work stress" for me is typically the largest factor behind drops in HRV, especially when looking at the big picture (baseline more than day to day correlations) #heartratevariability #hrv #HRV4Training #physiology

Here is how color-coded correlations can be displayed in HRV4Training Pro

#heartratevariability #hrv #HRV4Training #physiology