HRV Fit and Ithlete Pro
Transcript of HRV Fit and Ithlete Pro
• Who cares about HRV (and why)?
• What is HRV?
• How do we make it simple & inexpensive?
• How do we leverage early adopters to create a better user experience?
• How do we extend the experience and business model?
• Where do we want to get to in future?
What we will cover
Astronauts
Space Jumpers
F1 drivers
Endurance Professionals
Cardiac rehab
Recovery after surgery
Auto immune conditions
Diabetics
Patients
Balancing training & recovery
Maximise performance
Keep healthy
Athletes & sportspeople
Who cares about HRV
Objective measure of overall health
Fast response to lifestyle changes (+ve and -ve)
Right timing & frequency of exercise
All of us really
Who cares about HRV
The timing of training is important
• Deliberately & repeatedly stress the body
• Force adaptation through super compensation
• Get stronger, faster, more efficient
• The magic happens during recovery
• Training = Workouts + Recovery
• If the balance between Workouts & Recovery is wrong, either:
• Under-train – improvement is slow or does not occur at all
• Over-train – improvement also does not occur !
• Overtraining = Under recovery
What is HRV analysis?
• HRV is a medical measurement
• known about for a long time
• Sensor attached to body
• Originally performed using ECG
• Some models of HRM strap
• Pulse at finger tip
• Traditionally expensive & complex to perform
What we learnt:
ithlete HRV
UI was very technical
Learning curve was
steep
Use of the app was habitual
It takes a while to
build trust in the data.
The first HRV scan of the day
is important
The ithlete patent is mainly about the UX
• Convenient 1 min measure
• Robust processing algorithms
• User feedback in 3 complementary
forms
• Traffic lights
• Number scale
• Charts
• Correlations between objective (HRV)
and subjective (Likert scale) measures
What we learnt:
ithlete HRV
Users love the new app &
hardware :D
Apps are great for input and ‘I need it
now’ informatio
n
Geeks (of any kind)
love data
Planning activities tend to
happen off device
User feedback Training support and
guidance
Improved user insight through
complementary visualisation