Apple Watch Can Accurately Predict Stress Levels, Study Shows

[appleguy123]

Thank you for the elaborate response and the links. It is very interesting.

Now that I know what is "normal" for my age (I'm 52), my HRV immediately feels better. Most nights, my HRV peaks just below 100. Some nights it peaks well over 300. I need to read more to understand how it can vary so much under similar conditions. My daily average (as reported by Apple) is over 50.

Yeah 50 as an average is pretty good, especially for being in your 50s. I have been interested in getting mine as high as possible as a project. My ultimate goal is a daily average of 154ms which is the average for Tour de France athletes.

 

[GlenK]

My HRV averaged 157 for the year.

 

[Silly John Fatty]

I see we're all getting old in this thread, lol.

 

[compwiz1202]

Like this: 😁

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I want it to get integrated with detecting nearby users. So if you always get stressed when User765 is near, it will eventually advise you User765 is near and to avoid if you don't want stress

 

[compwiz1202]

I see we're all getting old in this thread, lol.

I felt old when someone commented in some thread about having floppies 45 years ago.

 

[TheBing1980]

View attachment 2134277Highly recommend everyone track and try to increase their heart rate variability. It is directly related to the ability of the brain and heart to handle stress and is a biomarker for autonomic nervous system function. I started working on mine in May and I really feel 3x better and more resilient day to day. The Apple Watch has been tracking this in the background for as long as you have been wearing it. You can take in the moment HRV measures (which is very similar to what this study did) by using the breath app and then checking the health app.

This is one of the most important health metrics it tracks. Another good one related to mental and physical health is “cardio fitness” which is tracked every time you log a walking or running workout. This is a direct measure of how much blood your heart can get to your brain.

This is very impressive! 🤯

I have to work on this ASAP.