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I often stress how HRV is, in my opinion, more useful when we look at it in relative terms, as opposed to its absolute value.
I saw people obsess over their values in ways that led to dysfunctional behaviors, and I am concerned that overly focusing on our numbers, comparing them with others, etc. can be unhelpful and make things worse. I am also not a believer that everything is under our control and you just need to make this or that change for things to go well. Sure, at times, that is the case, but for many, thatās not how things work.
Recently, I had a few exchanges with Andrew Flatt on X, who is a person I admire and from whom I learned a lot over the past 10 years in the context of HRV, and who has a different opinion on the topic. Specifically, Andrew often mentions how we can (and possibly should) improve our HRV.
In my latest article, which you can find here, I dig deeper into this topic.
I hope you will find it useful.
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Marco holds a PhD cum laude in applied machine learning, a M.Sc. cum laude in computer science engineering, and a M.Sc. cum laude in human movement sciences and high-performance coaching.
He has published more than 50 papers and patents at the intersection between physiology, health, technology, and human performance.
He is co-founder of HRV4Training, advisor at Oura, guest lecturer at VU Amsterdam, and editor for IEEE Pervasive Computing Magazine. He loves running.
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