![]() ![]() Since then I have been paying the usual required $30/month subscription since then – albeit I only started using it back earlier this year. Oh – and yes, I bought this myself last summer. And that…that’s where the confliction with my usage of this device comes in. When you only do one thing you have to do it really damn well. And like all single-tasker things, the bar for success is higher. The overarching purpose of the Whoop platform is to tell athletes whether they need to take it easy (to improve recovery) or go harder (to increase strain). Everything from whether you spent the night on a redeye flight, to whether you took an ice bath – or even whether you did the horizontal shuffle (or a solo variant of that). But it can track a tremendous number of other things via its daily manual entry journal. ![]() ![]() It doesn’t show the time, it doesn’t track your steps, and it doesn’t make you a coffee. It’s got enormous potential, and after four months of 24×7 usage, I’ve got a pretty darn good handle on what works exceptionally well, and what needs an exceptional amount of work.Īt its core, the Whoop band/platform is an optical HR strap that does 24×7 monitoring and, in conjunction with the app, measures two core things: Recovery (via your sleep), and load (via your workouts/daily activity). It’s both fascinating and perplexing at the same time. There’s arguably no product I’ve *ever* reviewed in over a decade doing this that has me as conflicted as the Whoop strap. ![]()
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