Possibly - but not directly from the injury. More from the reaction to pain, inactivity, and the stress of being injured (or unable to train or compete).
Having said that, changing fluid levels due to inflammation, changes in muscle tone and other physiological changes may be picked up. It really depends your baseline measurements and how the vary from the baseline.
I agree…
That will be good to see
I would be surprised if it wasn’t comparable
My RS800 came in. I used it on several athletes today, including myself. We all had recovery scores of 2 (normal). I tried it on one athlete after workout and he had a 2 as well.
I’m working through the Kubios and Polar software reports. No idea how to interpret the Kubios stuff yet. I will try to load the graphs when I can figure out how to work it.
It’s a pdf report. Not sure how to load this for forum to see. Tech help?
You need to run your tests on recovery, or tempo days for a few days in a row to create a Base line that the Polar can use to compare things to. Otherwise, you’ll just get a 2 reading.
I can’t remember how many days in a row you need to do this for, it’s in the manual.
Then, if you wait too long betwee tests, you need to re-do that same Base Test line again.
Bold, do you reset the watch before each test? Im still playing around with it.
No way. Every time you reset, you need to do the week or so of baseline testing.
The testing needs something to compare to. Instead of compare to charts or tables, it compares you to you.
Hence why you need a few days of easy work to be rested as your best baseline.
Also, you can’t test other people on the same watch without changing the Profile to that person. Which is easier if done on the computer. So the initial set up getting everybody on the watch takes time.
Just to resurrect this thread, I have been working with an athlete in Michigan, and we have collected around 60 to 70 days of HRV data using the simple Ithlete interface. The data corresponds with a Charlie Francis 100m Short to Long program the athlete is doing. The results were very interesting! I’m still working on combining some data together, then I will post results.
One of the things I can report on right away- the following workout combination had a VERY noticeable positive effect on HRV scores. Keep in mind I have found the exact same thing even with my mediocre massage skills when applied to my athlete.
The next step is to attempt the above when in Ottawa, and after receiving a massage from Waldemar. I suspect with his skill the HRV score could (and should) be even greater. For all those who questioned whether tempo actually works as compared to rest, it should provide some food for thought.