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Fitness tracker to monitor stress and being run down

NAS50656
over 5 years ago

i have never posted anything on any forum before so I hope I am doing it right. 

I have been using a wrist fitness tracker that monitors my heart rate, heart rate variability and sleep. The bit that interests me most is the “body battery” and “stress” measures. I was pretty sceptical to start with but I have found that I cope much better with stressful situations when my “body battery” is high. When it is low I am best to have some quiet time.  It has also been useful to look back and see when I have been most stressed. 

I am on the autistic spectrum myself and work with adults with intellectual disability and autism. I am thinking that this has potential to be be really useful. 

Has anyone else found a fitness tracker useful for monitoring how stressed or how run down they are?

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  • over 5 years ago

    How does that work? I'm stressed to bursting right now but my heart rate is normal? I also have CFS so I sleep lots but never feel recharged. I also can accidentally/be forced to push though and use too much energy so I sleep for days after - how can this be measured on the go without blood tests or other lab tests?

  • over 5 years ago in reply to Plastic

    I guess they're not likely to be candid about the algorithms they use, but I think there's some potential there.  It's not really my area but when I was running I did quite a bit of related reading around the subject.  One of things recommended was keeping track of your resting heart rate first thing in the morning.  If that's elevated by more than 5-10% (don't recall the exact threshold) then it was suggested a rest day or an easy day was probably in order.

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  • over 5 years ago in reply to Plastic

    I guess they're not likely to be candid about the algorithms they use, but I think there's some potential there.  It's not really my area but when I was running I did quite a bit of related reading around the subject.  One of things recommended was keeping track of your resting heart rate first thing in the morning.  If that's elevated by more than 5-10% (don't recall the exact threshold) then it was suggested a rest day or an easy day was probably in order.

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