Heart Rates and Fitness

[Ooh-Rah]

I mentioned earlier in this thread that I have been using ChatGPT as a fitness coach. Uploading my workout stats, and then sharing my sleep score, overnight HRV, and resting HR.

As a comparison, for the past couple of weeks I have been sharing equally with both GPT and Google’s Gemini. It’s been interesting to me that GPT has been much more of the opinion, “go go go, but proceed with caution!“ If I’ve had some rough sleep or back to back workouts.

Gemini on the other hand, has been much more, “all stop“ and directs me to essentially not work out until my sleep improves and my HRV begins to trend the other direction.

One interesting concept that Gemini shared with me that I have not seen from GPT, is the “weight tax“. That is where it tells me how many extra beats a day my heart is running based on the excess pounds I am carrying, and the milestones I should expect in “resting heart rate” for x amount of pounds reduced.

Random update…

Using GPT as a trainer is ridiculously effective, a lot of of what it recommends goes against everything I’ve ever thought I’ve known, but I’m seeing the results in countless ways; specifically in my resting heart rate and recovery time after a work out.

 

[SpongeBob*24]

@Ooh-Rah

Are you wearing a chest strap for HR readings?

 

[Ooh-Rah]

@Ooh-Rah

Are you wearing a chest strap for HR readings?

On my Peloton and when I lift, yes. Otherwise I use my Garmin Fenix7 day-to-day and for sleep.
Overall the Garmin is surprisingly accurate -

To add - when I exercise with the Garmin on, I’ve found that it is a good plan to ‘lock’ the buttons so that I don’t accidentally press something while lifting/riding.

 

[ThunderHorse]

Been extremely consistent with my running. Since my first run on 20 OCT 25 I have 37 runs including a "race". We did a 5k turkey trot thing...that was slow. But I pushed myself which was good. We are doing a 10k on Valentine's day, the volume has been pretty controlled overall. 17 of those 37 runs have been have been at 35 minutes. I think will add four minutes to my runs in two weeks which would of course be the week of the 10k. But that's fine.

The big difference here is stimulus, I am going to try and be consistent with the gym...onramping right now. Intent is to do 3 days per week. The goal is to get to 10 sets of 10 of Squat, Overhead Press, and Deadlift at 135lbs. I was at 10x10 @ 115 in the Summer. I was also doing this limited rest so trying to get done in about 25 minutes. And other than some leg swings, really limited warm up. But what I've started doing right now is 5 sets of KB swings, I started on Monday at 10 reps @ 20, Wednesday 15 Reps, and today at 20 reps.

So I guess the idea for this workout is to build back to 10 sets of main lifts. Today I did 5 sets of 10 reps at 65. What I'm doing is just adding a set per workout. So Tuesday will be a today of 23 sets, then Thursday 26 sets, and then Saturday 29 sets etc. And once I've built up to the 10 sets of 10 we'll see how it effects my running before try to increase the weight a lot. Additionally I also want to add some indoor cycling in March if not right after the 10k.

 

[SpongeBob*24]

On my Peloton and when I lift, yes. Otherwise I use my Garmin Fenix7 day-to-day and for sleep.
Overall the Garmin is surprisingly accurate -

Thats good to hear.

 

[SOSTCRNA]

Is WOOP worth the investment? Don’t know how many people on the forum might use it.

 

[Cookie_]

Is WOOP worth the investment? Don’t know how many people on the forum might use it.

Whoop has been my tracker of choice since 2019. I'm a fan of the sleep/recovery aspects and it's newer "healthspan" feature. I like that it can tell if I'm rucking, running, swimming, or even skydiving based on my heart rate. It's pretty decent to build in weightlifting workouts and track those as well. I feel it's pretty accurate as far as trackers go.

That said, you pay a monthly subscription for it, so it might not make sense depending on how "athletic" your focus is. I think the average person is probably served fine with a Oura ring or watch.

 

[ThunderHorse]

Is WOOP worth the investment? Don’t know how many people on the forum might use it.

What are you looking for? I'd say no if you're looking for a watch. It's not a watch. It has some interesting stuff going on but Garmin has caught up to anything they had that was revolutionary and you also have as @Cookie_ stated Oura Ring is cheaper. I know a lot of folks who rock that and a Garmin.

I will say, Whoop subscription costs have come down, when it started there was only one level for years and it was $40/month. So if you're a Whoop loyalist things have become pretty sick because it's cheaper.

 

[ThunderHorse]

Did the math last week and why I may have saw a lack of running improvement. I increased my total time working out by 50%, that time was all due to strength training. This week it will likely only be an increase of 6 total sets per lift which for the most part will only be a total increase of 6 minutes max. Then should be in the flow after next week and following that the change in stress will be weights. Then probably add 5 minutes per run. Slow and steady. Feeling good.