#personal-wellness

I love tracking my HRV and comparing it to my daily habits, like screen time before bed, when I ate my last meal, and how active I was that day. I notice a big increase in HRV when stick to my routines & healthy habits

@Brian Von Ancken interesting framing to me that you feel you need "use cases" in order to maximize value (not a good sign for Oura 🙃) – for me value is ultimately accountability to sleep and exercise .. with most of the interventions historically happening on the sleep front, i.e. major levers of earlier to bed, colder room, eye mask, eating earlier, etc... and then after experimentation phase of product is over, turns into accountability

@Dom D'Alexander should tap in here but from what I understand it's really useful for anecdotal pattern recognition.

i.e "I've noticed my scores are bad when I do (drinking, working out too many nights in a row, having kids)" that are generally meant to shape positive behavior over time

i.e there's so many potential variables that could be impacting these scores that the hardwork of figuring out exactly why is up to you.

They’ve kinda buried the feature but i really enjoy trying to juice the resilience score. It’s the hardest to move because it takes weeks of work (and falls off fast), but it’s so rewarding when you get strong + optimal

I’ve found it to be the highest correlate to my wellbeing, while gamifying the process of being more well. You’ll get pinged for resting too much when you could have pushed harder, as well as pushing too hard when you need to rest more.

Now, unfortunately, you just had a kid…those sleep scores are gonna make it maybe not so fun…

I link my Oura ring to the Natural Cycles app (for women) and today I linked it to Function Health. I check it everyday for sleep, steps, and activity score. Also for zone 2. I like that it KNOWS when you drank alcohol (affecting sleep), and how the symptom radar will tell you when you're getting sick. Big fan!!

Building the use cases is hard and the reason is nuanced, happy to talk your ear off about that.

James Park, Fitbit CEO, would liken Fitbit devices to a "Check Engine" light on your car. This was 10 years ago but the analogy still holds mostly true - wearables can't (yet?) acutely tell you what's going on, but it can tell you when something is out of whack and it's worth digging into more.

I always suggest my clients to turn OFF Bluetooth overnight ( alo can help improve your sleep scores) and Data will upload when you charge the ring in the am.

I have a WHOOP, not an Oura - so similar but not identical features…but two additional ways I use: 1) adjusting my workout plan based on my HRV that day (maybe I wanted to go for a run that day, but my body is warning I should opt for a lighter bike ride - I've found that keeps my recovery and RHR from staying low). 2) the ‘whoop age’ and ‘pace of aging’ is based on a set of behaviors and metrics over both 30day and 6month averages - so it's really gamified my continued engagement and commitment to consistent habits. Sounds like resilience might be similar!

never too late to add my 2 cents to a favorite subject..
1) Stress score is fun to track and see who /what is causing it to go up - apparently most social interactions for me (yep..)
2) A/B testing your sleep score by trying different tweaks. For example, stretching before bed improves mine dramatically so it's a non-negotiable now. Or listening to Deepak's meditation in bed doubles my REM (what??)
3) In 3 months it will learn your circadian rhythm and will be able to help find ideal bed time etc
4) Illness prediction - total accuracy with colds etc - typically showing signs 1-2 days prior which allows me to start preventative measures early and in most cases avoid illness all together.