tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549561482248458566.post641831190894506919..comments2023-05-31T14:07:58.933-05:00Comments on Bike Washington County: Night WatchmanUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549561482248458566.post-45186336282901260382020-12-05T12:00:55.557-06:002020-12-05T12:00:55.557-06:00Great insights, thanks!Great insights, thanks!Dave Hanrahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10763577080873786988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549561482248458566.post-34473931348168189462020-12-05T07:43:02.360-06:002020-12-05T07:43:02.360-06:00I've been wearing an Oura ring for over a year...I've been wearing an Oura ring for over a year, which is a sleep tracker. With the Oura ring, it tries to analyze my activity the past day and how well I slept, then gives me a report telling me if it thinks I can "push hard" that day or if I need to take it easy because you didn't rest well. For the most part, it seems pretty accurate. <br /><br />Using sleep data, you could potentially save yourself from doing harm to yourself. For example, if you train hard several days in a row and you're not getting good sleep, your training might not be doing what you think it's doing as your body hasn't been able to repair from the previous day's efforts. <br /><br />I use the data to experiment and see if there is anything I can do to make my sleep better... or worse. For example, a few days ago I had a handful of dark chocolate chips about an hour before bed. Obviously not a great idea due to the sugar and caffeine in chocolate. Unsurprisingly, my Oura ring showed my resting heart rate was unusually high until well into the night.<br /><br />I've also confirmed from my data that sleeping in a cool environment makes a big difference. My deep sleep in the summer was typically less than an hour where as it's now consistently over 2 hours.<br /><br />There's also the HRV (heart rate variability) aspect. I don't fully understand HRV, but it seems to be something that athletes track.<br /><br />So enjoy your new-found sleep data and I look forward to future blogs with results from any "sleep experiments" you try!Im_No_Scrubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00465626128616480329noreply@blogger.com