You Asked, We Answered! Garmin® HRV

You had plenty of questions from our previous videos on HRV and HRV Status, so we answered them!

00:00 Garmin HRV
00:11 Can I compare HRV?
00:57 What does a balanced HRV mean?
01:40 How does HRV relate to exercise?
02:42 Does High HRV = Good and Low = Bad?
03:31 When is HRV measured?
04:15 How important is sleep to HRV?
04:57 What cause low or unbalanced HRV?
06:08 How to balance your HRV?

#HRV #HRVStatus #FAQ

[davidross]

I constantly had a low/ unbalanced HRV reading and so I tried doing the breath work on my watch before bed. In less than a week my overnight score went from 31 to 68.

[cheeheifoo]

Thank you so much for the 2 videos on HRV! Very informative

[clingenpeelc]

It’s been amazing to see the difference in HRV, resting HR, and sleep quality with alcohol consumption vs none. Even 1-2 glasses of wine at night have huge affects on all these three metrics. The difference is immediate (ie changes daily based on alcohol consumption). You can literally see in the HRV graph how the body appears to get rid of the alcohol. It’s always a slowly upward trend, vs stable when no alcohol. I’ve also been amazed at how accurate the sleep tracker is. It even picks up a 10 second nightly trip to the bathroom as “awake” and counts the steps. It does tend to miss mid day short naps and sometimes thinks still TV watching at night means asleep. But you can manually change the bedtime, which does affect the sleep score by that manual adjustment.

[milachik]

It would be good if such a detailed analysis of 2:04 would be in the Garmin conncet app, even after I do the heart rate variability test with the HRM Garmin pro chest strap.

[hasannumanoglu]

One of the simplest and best explanation on YouTube for non-scientists 😅

[AnthonyRicco]

How can we re-baseline or reset our HRV status?

This question has been asked in the forums but it has not been answered. I can think of multiple legitimate reasons why this option should be available. One woman asked what if her HRV baseline was created when she was pregnant? Another is what if HRV baseline is created prior to taking a stressful job? If the job is long-term, then living with that stress should be part of the baseline.

Thank you in advance.

[joyridaz]

Covid really impacted my HRV, all that data really freaked me out during that week or two…

[marcelloleucci]

Hi team. Thanks for the video. A little puzzled by the gaps in presentation of HRV data. You note that HRV is used for stress / recovery metric calculation in the background. That implies that it's being gathered during the day, as well as at night. Why then is HRV measurement data for daytime not presented to users? I assume that night time is a better measure to present, but it would be useful to access HRV data (for HRV training purposes) during the day, without the "Health Snapshot" feature. These health snapshops are useful, but I don't need to see my SPO2 here for example, especially since this feature is a battery drain (I believe). Perhaps the HRV status could be updated to show both, separately, and also allow you to see your real-time HRV measurement? Thanks!

[osteopata]

Far one of the best contributions here on youtube among garmin videos. I'm glad that it is not all just about pushing ourselves all the time to exercise but also to recover and to learn how to take care of ourselves by resting; a not always easy task to manage while the rest of the world acclaims that constant progress means to never stop. Resting is actually fundamental because it gives us the chance to question our ways and to evaluate if we have to go back to our last intersection in order to walk on another path in life. Hoping that unproductive roads become productive in time is an illusion; wrong premises remain wrong. Period.

[theronwolf]

I had a relatively mild case of covid about 6 months ago, but my HRV never really came consistently back to my normal range after that.

[Jim_Vass]

Great explanation of questions many had.
My issue is that how accurate can HRV be when my Tactix 7 do not count my daily sleeps as i work many nights?
This is dissapointing.
Much cheaper watches do count the daily naps.
Is there a possibility of an upgrade in the near future?
Thanks in advance.

[rickgoh]

Overnight HRV doesn't adjust when you adjust sleep times when the watch picks up sleep times incorrectly - is this intentional? Seems to lead to incorrect values e.g. measuring when still awake sometimes hours

[saltwaterpurl]

HRV is a calculation based on your fastest and slowest heart rate in a given time period. A larger difference means you are experiencing and recovering from stress. The way Garmin graphs HRV doesn't visualize this properly, and it may mislead you/prevent you from understanding this metric. People suffering from PTSD do not recover from stress and/or are chronically stressed (when there is no stress event), and therefore they have a low HRV (meaning the measurement between their slow and fast heart rate is less). Garmin's way of looking at HRV seems to be dated based on the content they are sharing. This metric is a game changer for interpreting total health (mental, emotional, physical), but the Garmin explainer mostly has to do with the gym and things that impact your gym performance. That may be appropriate for their audience, but it is appropriation of data. 😹💔The medically accepted best practice for a HRV baseline is a measurement first thing when you wake up in the morning, which is different from what Garmin says they are doing. It would be great to see health apps collab with doctors and medical review boards, so we know all this time and money we are spending with apps and devices is actually relevant to our heath!

[izmahoby]

"move to unbalanced" has two ends, high and low. In two videos in a row you have skipped this explanation. If it's low does this mean I should train harder?

[issamutube]

It would be more helpful to give specifics than generalities when hearing from experts. The answers provided by garmin should point us to specific remedies.

[allanwright]

@Garmin What effect do the options "Physio Metrics > Log HRV" on my Fenix 6 and "System > Data Recording > Log HRV" on my Edge 840 have? Should they be enabled?

[philipstoneman]

how do i set up HRV on my Garmin 6 pro

[Nova-znsc]

Thanks a lot for sharing these interesting information. I was wondering why we can only see the last 4 weeks of our HRV data. Is there any possibility to see the whole HRV history and not only the last 4 weeks in the Garmin app? Thanks for your answer in adance!

[WillPower]

To measure all of the things you spoke about is the Garmin Epix Pro the best watch or would you suggest another watch in your line-up? Thanks.

[anna-tjgu]

My baseline HRV is around 30ms. I'm 25, healthy weight, run easy 4 days per week, don't drink alcohol, sleep 8+ hours, rarely get sick, etc. I feel like I do ALL the things and I'm the fittest & healthiest I've ever been. It feels frustrating but I suppose it's just bad genetics