• Understanding Readiness Score & ANS Balance

  Readiness Score Your readiness score harnesses the power of Heart Rate Variability (HRV) to unlock deep insight into your health, stress, recovery and nervous system balance. Coach Welly's readiness gives you a new way to approach your health and fitness. Your readiness score is a personalised daily score that quantifies how recovered you are and how ready you are to take on the day. This 1-10 score uses key heart rate and heart rate variability (HRV) metrics to learn your personal patterSome readers

• What is HRV?

  Heart rate variability, often referred to as HRV, is an accurate, non-invasive measure of the autonomic nervous system (ANS), the body’s main control system for self-regulation. HRV is widely considered the most comprehensive biomarker of health and fitness. Let's explore how HRV is different from heart rate and how it can be used to improve your well-being. What is heart rate variability and why does it matter? Heart rate variability (HRV) is a measurement of the variation in time beSome readers

• How To Improve Your HRV

  If you decide your HRV is not quite where you want it to be, there are plenty of ways to improve your HRV score. Some common methods include: 1. Exercise Exercise is essential for overall health. Pay attention to your body and focus on balancing regular training and recovery to increase your HRV. Don’t push too hard or ignore it when you’re tired or in pain. Have active recovery days with activities like walking or yoga to incorporate movement with minimal stress. 2. Eat Well AFew readers

• Readiness Score Not Matching How I Feel

  Sometimes your readiness score will not reflect how you are feeling. There are a few things to keep in mind when this happens: Your baseline is established not only to learn your "normal" HRV range (which is a very individual range) but also how much fluctuation is normal for you. A change in HRV that indicates an issue for you could indicate balance for someone else. As with any metric, HRV should be evaluated alongside how you are feeling - if the app is giving you a 10, but you feel unaFew readers

• Why Measure Readiness In The Morning?

  Heart Rate Variability can be affected by changes in circadian rhythm, hormonal shifts, and acute stressors throughout the day. Also, whatever you were doing before taking a reading has a very strong impact on the reading results. To reduce this “noise” and gain a clearer picture of Autonomic Nervous System activity (ie: your stress and recovery status!), we recommend measuring readiness first thing in the morning after waking up. Within 30 minutes of waking is the best window. When you have jFew readers

• How To Get The Most Accurate HRV Results

  Consistency is key! When measured consistently, the Readiness Score (based on HRV) can provide a gauge for how your body is responding to (or recovering from) things like exercise, stress, nutrition, work and more. Because HRV can be influenced by the day’s stressors and normal hormonal and circadian rhythms, consistency in measurement practice can reduce the effects of these confounding factors to provide better results and guidance. For the best results: Do your measurements in theFew readers

• How Often Should I Measure My Readiness?

  For the most accurate Recovery results and personalized guidance, we recommend doing a measurement at least four (4) days per week. This allows us to adequately establish what “normal” looks like for you and better alert you when your HRV patterns show your body is under-recovered. When you first start measuring, our algorithms need at least 2 days to start establishing your baseline patterns and will continue to build your baseline over a 2-week period. Then your baseline will continually upFew readers