Whoop strap

[getitdaily]

How many of you are like me, from the generations where a whoop strap was worn around your waist, not your arm...?

[Jc0]

You do realize that chest strap heart rate monitors still exist and are widely used? Wrist based straps are just more comfortable for long term wearing.

Edited July 14, 2023 by Jc0

[justindowney]

The many generations before us that have worn whoops! Haha I prefer mine on the wrist strap as well.

[Wardonation]

I wear it on the wrist since it came out. I rotate between wrists and clean it every morning with rubbing alcohol as well. If I dont I start to get  a red rash...

[getitdaily]

Lol...whoop strap when I was younger didn't measure heart rate...it raised it.

 

It was around my dad's waist...it was called a belt.

[gvogel]

I wear mine on my left wrist - all the time.  Now that I have it, I really like what it tells me.  (It tells me not to drink whiskey.  It tells me to ride my bike more, and get to bed earlier.)

[bogeyczar]

51 minutes ago, getitdaily said:

Lol...whoop strap when I was younger didn't measure heart rate...it raised it.

 

It was around my dad's waist...it was called a belt.

When I read the title of the thread this is what I thought it was about. I've gotten as far as your post and still don't know what it is. 

[animalgolfs]

4 minutes ago, bogeyczar said:

When I read the title of the thread this is what I thought it was about. I've gotten as far as your post and still don't know what it is. 

https://www.whoop.com/membership/strap/

 

Not gonna lie...I was afraid to search that phrase

[tatertot]

10 minutes ago, gvogel said:

I wear mine on my left wrist - all the time.  Now that I have it, I really like what it tells me.  (It tells me not to drink whiskey.  It tells me to ride my bike more, and get to bed earlier.)

And you like what it tells you?

[Puttersaurus Rex]

So a thread that has nothing to do with golf equipment?

[animalgolfs]

Just now, Puttersaurus Rex said:

So a thread that has nothing to do with golf equipment?

Pretty sure Rory wears one

[Puttersaurus Rex]

1 minute ago, animalgolfs said:

Pretty sure Rory wears one

What part of it hits the ball? 

[gvogel]

15 minutes ago, tatertot said:

And you like what it tells you?

😁

[tatertot]

17 minutes ago, Puttersaurus Rex said:

What part of it hits the ball? 

Maybe its been putting and hitting wedges for him?

[bscinstnct]

1 hour ago, gvogel said:

I wear mine on my left wrist - all the time.  Now that I have it, I really like what it tells me.  (It tells me not to drink whiskey.  It tells me to ride my bike more, and get to bed earlier.)

That’s interesting. Ive never used any of these and never looked at it quite the way you do.

 

Ive been hardcore fitness for 6 years now. One benefit is my resting heart rate is down at 50bpm. But I only check it every week or so, I’ll just feel my pulse and watch the stopwatch on my phone lol. 
 

Even when I was cycling hard with intervals, I never monitored my heart rate. 
 

But I see what you mean that you “like what it tells you”

 

I assume you mean that you see your heart rate elevate a lot when you drink and even stays high the day after. 
 

How do you mean it tells you to ride your bike more btw?

 

🍻 

[getitdaily]

Guy on espn+ covg of the Scottish was talking about sheffler's whoop strap rather than his whoop band. 

 

My thought was "a whoop strap is a belt". Lol

[Puttersaurus Rex]

28 minutes ago, getitdaily said:

Guy on espn+ covg of the Scottish was talking about sheffler's whoop strap rather than his whoop band. 

 

My thought was "a whoop strap is a belt". Lol

[bogeyczar]

6 minutes ago, Puttersaurus Rex said:

Now I get it

[gdb99]

4 hours ago, animalgolfs said:

Pretty sure Rory wears one

Every Tour player was given a Whoop strap when they started playing again with the COVID Pandemic.

 

 

[gator022]

For those of you wearing a Whoop, do you wear a regular watch or Apple Watch (or other smart watch) on the opposite?

 

My wife got me a Whoop in 2021 and the data is unreal. Far better than my Apple Watch. Most of the time I wear the Whoop on my right and a regular watch on my left.  Just curious what others do.

[gator022]

1 hour ago, gdb99 said:

Every Tour player was given a Whoop strap when they started playing again with the COVID Pandemic.

 

 

100% accurate. The respiratory data is accurate. It’s accurate when I’m coming down with something or my allergies are flaring up.

[gvogel]

5 hours ago, bscinstnct said:

That’s interesting. Ive never used any of these and never looked at it quite the way you do.

 

Ive been hardcore fitness for 6 years now. One benefit is my resting heart rate is down at 50bpm. But I only check it every week or so, I’ll just feel my pulse and watch the stopwatch on my phone lol. 
 

Even when I was cycling hard with intervals, I never monitored my heart rate. 
 

But I see what you mean that you “like what it tells you”

 

I assume you mean that you see your heart rate elevate a lot when you drink and even stays high the day after. 
 

How do you mean it tells you to ride your bike more btw?

 

🍻

So, one of the most important things that it tells me is how good my recovery is, which is when I sleep.  It measures my resting heart rate, and also heart rate variability, which is a measure of the time variance between beets.  The higher the heart rate variability, the better.  It means that the parasympathetic and the other nervous symptom measure are in sync.  (You can read up on that.).  In any event, if I have a few drinks, my recovery sucks.

 

It also measures "strain" when I exercise.  Strain is a measure of how hard my heart is working.  Depending upon my nightly recovery, I have a "target" strain the next day.  The other day, I took a long bike ride, and overdid it - I way exceeded my target strain rate.  I paid for that with less than optimal recovery, and I felt tired all day the next day.  My strain is a measure dependent upon the long term trends of what I have done before.  The measures are all personal to me.

 

The better shape you are in, the more strain you can handle.  But, it is all personal, my optimal strain would be different than yours.  My recovery is particular to me; yours might be better; but measure worse relative to your trends.

 

I have had this over a year, and I have continued to pay for it, because it is valuable information.  When I ride my bike, I can measure my heart rate and strain in real time.  So when I reach my optimal strain, I can ride a bit easier on the way home.

[gvogel]

By the way, the Whoop strap was developed by a science guy who also played top level squash at an Ivy school.  He wondered why sometimes he played better than expectations, and some days felt tired on the court and couldn't play as well as he was supposed to.  So he decided to come up with measures of how hard his training was, and how good his recovery was over night.

[MtlJeff]

They call it a "strap" because they don't like being compared to smart watches. So that is really a part of their branding. Don't tell Whoop people they make a smart watch, haha

 

They really market themselves to sporty types---a lot of people swear by it. 

 

They are a cool company, very passionate about what they do

 

 

 

 

[bscinstnct]

1 hour ago, gvogel said:

So, one of the most important things that it tells me is how good my recovery is, which is when I sleep.  It measures my resting heart rate, and also heart rate variability, which is a measure of the time variance between beets.  The higher the heart rate variability, the better.  It means that the parasympathetic and the other nervous symptom measure are in sync.  (You can read up on that.).  In any event, if I have a few drinks, my recovery sucks.

 

It also measures "strain" when I exercise.  Strain is a measure of how hard my heart is working.  Depending upon my nightly recovery, I have a "target" strain the next day.  The other day, I took a long bike ride, and overdid it - I way exceeded my target strain rate.  I paid for that with less than optimal recovery, and I felt tired all day the next day.  My strain is a measure dependent upon the long term trends of what I have done before.  The measures are all personal to me.

 

The better shape you are in, the more strain you can handle.  But, it is all personal, my optimal strain would be different than yours.  My recovery is particular to me; yours might be better; but measure worse relative to your trends.

 

I have had this over a year, and I have continued to pay for it, because it is valuable information.  When I ride my bike, I can measure my heart rate and strain in real time.  So when I reach my optimal strain, I can ride a bit easier on the way home.

 

Thats cool!

 

I just put in the work, alternate strength and HIIT days, eat and sleep properly, rinse repeat. 
 

The key is crafting sustainable workout plans and diet that you can do for years and years, day after day, and measure progression. 
 

I’ll never get a fitness band, just not my style. But appreciate the data driven approach! Anything that keeps you busting out the work, is money and time well spent.

[JAM01]

7 hours ago, Puttersaurus Rex said:

USA Presidents cup Uniform? 

[iacas]

4 hours ago, gvogel said:

So, one of the most important things that it tells me is how good my recovery is, which is when I sleep.

 

I wore a Whoop 3.0 for 18 months.

 

The recovery score was a joke. I called it the "WRNG" - the "Whoop Random Number Generator."

 

There were days it wouldn't detect when I woke up so I'd adjust my wake-up time by like 11 minutes… and the score would change 30 points for my "recovery."

 

It was nearly useless.