Recovery and the nervous systemYour HRV swings 20 to 40 percent day to day. That is normal.
Heart rate variability is a genuinely useful signal read over weeks and a nearly useless one read every morning.
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Recovery and the nervous system
Recovery has become a number on a screen. This section covers the physiology underneath it, and how much of the number is measurement versus modelling.
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Recovery and the nervous system
Recovery and the nervous systemA readiness score is a product opinion, not a measurement
Two devices reading the same body produce different scores because they weight inputs differently. Neither weighting has been validated against outcomes.
Recovery and the nervous systemCold plunges and saunas: sorting the recovery claims
Both have real physiological effects. The claims attached to them have outrun the trials, and in one case the timing matters more than the practice.
Recovery and the nervous systemRecovery for the nervous system, not just the muscles
An emerging strand of recovery thinking focuses on cognitive load. The framing is useful, the evidence base is young, and the products are already here.