Marco Altini PhD, joins us today to talk all things HRV. Marco is our second return guest because all the consummate athletes out there LOVED the first one on HRV. A lot has changed. Marco has been busy as the Lead Data Scientist for @bloom_life (a wearable sensor to help during pregnancy) and the Creator of the HRV app called http://HRV4Training.com. Aside from work, Marco is a Traveler and Passionate Runner, detailing his training with HRV and polarized training techniques on his Instagram and Strava.
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SHOW NOTES:
0) What is Marco Up to?
2) Marco’s run training
3) What is new with the HRV4Training app?
– Training Peaks Interaction
– new acute changes analysis that lets you investigate most acute stressors tracked in the app, not only training, but also alcohol intake, menstruation, traveling, etc. http://www.hrv4training.com/blog/analysis-of-physiological-changes-in-response-to-acute-stressors
- 80:20 / POLARIZED analysis in HRV4Training app = Training polarization analysis (Seiler’s research): http://www.hrv4training.com/blog/new-feature-coming-to-hrv4training-training-polarization-analysis (this leads to an older article of mine: https://medium.com/@marco_alt/training-mostly-slow-to-race-kind-of-fast-e604b2f0a910)
4) Studies published with HRV (and the app)?
-> ecg-hrv-h7 -> do you need to use a heart rate strap to measure HRV ??
- Validation of our methods, showing that for heart rate and rMSSD, the camera based measurement is as good as an ECG (or chest strap): http://www.hrv4training.com/blog/validation-paper-accepted-for-publication-in-the-international-journal-of-sports-physiology-and-performance-ppg-vs-polar-h7-vs-electrocardiogram (actual paper: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/315059917_Comparison_of_Heart_Rate_Variability_Recording_With_Smart_Phone_Photoplethysmographic_Polar_H7_Chest_Strap_and_Electrocardiogram_Methods )
- As written above, relation between estimated VO2max in the app and running performance: http://www.hrv4training.com/blog/research-update-new-publication-on-the-relation-between-estimated-vo2max-and-real-life-running-performance and paper ( https://www.researchgate.net/publication/312121559_Relation_Between_Estimated_Cardiorespiratory_Fitness_and_Running_Performance_in_Free-Living_an_Analysis_of_HRV4Training_Data )
- Then last one just published, relation between training load, HRV and injury risk in crossfit athletes: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/319544061_Heart_Rate_Variability_is_a_Moderating_Factor_in_the_Workload-Injury_Relationship_of_Competitive_CrossFit_Athletes this one is interesting because it shows how you always need multiple parameters and context, i.e. higher injury risk was associated to a high acute to chronic ratio combined to low HRV, and not just one of the two in isolation.
5) What can we say HRV can do? Can’t do?
– measures physiological stress
– normal cond. bpdy positions
– George asks: Saw that you had Marco (HRV4) on your podcast. Wondering…. What is the relationship between fatigue and HRV?
– “use hrv to guide plan, not to make a plan”
– what is normal?
6) Things to do once you have data in the app … What are ‘bad’ things to watch for… how to use the data ??
*Coach app desirable range fits here but also what can a normal user do?
7) Discussion of the 3 studies and what it helps to show/prove / move-forward?
-> I am curious why the high acute: chronic alone didn’t suggest a risk for injury? I suppose this is due to adapting better (i.e. HRV not disrupted)
8) Vo2 estimation -> how to setup and get it working?
9) Book and media to be more like Marco?
