Whoop (maybe ftao Gavster)
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2024 4:50 pm
Considering getting a Whoop smart wearable and was wondering if anyone had any first hand experience.
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Re: Whoop (maybe ftao Gavster)
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2024 6:35 pm
Not tried Whoop, only Apple Watch and Garmin forerunner here, and I use the Garmin most because it's better for sport, plus the battery lasts a week or two on one charge.
Re: Whoop (maybe ftao Gavster)
Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2024 9:47 pm
Whoop is the gheys. Same money and 25% of the features of a garmin.
Re: Whoop (maybe ftao Gavster)
Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2024 7:00 am
a guy at work with a whoop keeps talking about his recovery like anyone gives a crap or knows what it means.
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Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2024 7:04 am
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Re: Whoop (maybe ftao Gavster)
Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2024 7:53 am
Activity tracker data is like a fart, its only interesting to one personRich B wrote: Thu Aug 22, 2024 7:00 am a guy at work with a whoop keeps talking about his recovery like anyone gives a crap or knows what it means.
Activity tracking also made me paranoid about my energy and recovery. For starters, they're very inaccurate when it comes to monitoring anything other than heart rate, despite claiming the show your sleep patterns, VO2 max etc. Garmin has a measure called 'body battery' which measures stress, rest and recovery and when I was training a lot it would have a big influence on my perception of the day. E.g. the morning after a heavy training session and a rough night of sleep, if the body battery said I was only on 50% then I'd immediately feel like it was a bad day, regardless of whether I genuinely felt bad or not. In the end I had to stop looking at it and use it solely for what it's best at - using the stopwatch, GPS and heart rate monitor to track my training sessions.
Re: Whoop (maybe ftao Gavster)
Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2024 8:37 am
I got my wife a Garmin and she's now obsessed with what her body battery is on. I get a lot of, 'I feel rubbish, my body battery has only gone up to 54, look how poor my sleep quality was, how can I possibly survive the day' etc.Gavster wrote: Thu Aug 22, 2024 7:53 amActivity tracker data is like a fart, its only interesting to one personRich B wrote: Thu Aug 22, 2024 7:00 am a guy at work with a whoop keeps talking about his recovery like anyone gives a crap or knows what it means.
Activity tracking also made me paranoid about my energy and recovery. For starters, they're very inaccurate when it comes to monitoring anything other than heart rate, despite claiming the show your sleep patterns, VO2 max etc. Garmin has a measure called 'body battery' which measures stress, rest and recovery and when I was training a lot it would have a big influence on my perception of the day. E.g. the morning after a heavy training session and a rough night of sleep, if the body battery said I was only on 50% then I'd immediately feel like it was a bad day, regardless of whether I genuinely felt bad or not. In the end I had to stop looking at it and use it solely for what it's best at - using the stopwatch, GPS and heart rate monitor to track my training sessions.
On the plus side she is actively trying to get to the 150 mins/week intense activity target, where she doesn't do any sport or training or anything like that - just getting out for walks.
Also on hers, the Venu Sq2, and my daughter has the same one, the battery doesn't seem to last anywhere near as long as my Forerunner. The benefit of the Forerunner being a lot simpler, even though I have the display as always on.
Re: Whoop (maybe ftao Gavster)
Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2024 11:05 am
That's exactly why I stopped looking at it, I got neurotic and stopped trusting my own feelings. For example, there are days where I've felt good, had a productive day and got on with life, then looked at the body battery in the evening to see it started the day low and had bottomed out sometime in the afternoonJonMad wrote: Thu Aug 22, 2024 8:37 am
I got my wife a Garmin and she's now obsessed with what her body battery is on. I get a lot of, 'I feel rubbish, my body battery has only gone up to 54, look how poor my sleep quality was, how can I possibly survive the day' etc.
On the plus side she is actively trying to get to the 150 mins/week intense activity target, where she doesn't do any sport or training or anything like that - just getting out for walks.
Also on hers, the Venu Sq2, and my daughter has the same one, the battery doesn't seem to last anywhere near as long as my Forerunner. The benefit of the Forerunner being a lot simpler, even though I have the display as always on.
it's largely meaningless tbh.Also didn't realise that about the battery life on other models, because the foreruner battery life is elite.
Re: Whoop (maybe ftao Gavster)
Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2024 12:57 pm
The GF seems more obsessed with my body battery than I am 
I know I had a bad night’s sleep last night and it’s on 24 right now so I think there’s some truth in it. But I do feel ok.
It’s never gone below 5 though. I think it’s programmed that way so you don’t think you’re about to die any minute.
I know I had a bad night’s sleep last night and it’s on 24 right now so I think there’s some truth in it. But I do feel ok.
It’s never gone below 5 though. I think it’s programmed that way so you don’t think you’re about to die any minute.
Re: Whoop (maybe ftao Gavster)
Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2024 2:09 pm
I was always slightly gutted it didn’t go to zero
Re: Whoop (maybe ftao Gavster)
Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2024 3:57 pm
The challenge is how early in the day you can get it to flatline at 5. I think I've managed mid afternoon.
Re: Whoop (maybe ftao Gavster)
Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2024 6:23 pm
If alcohol is involved then...JonMad wrote: Tue Aug 27, 2024 3:57 pm The challenge is how early in the day you can get it to flatline at 5. I think I've managed mid afternoon.
this was Monday, after a lot of tequila, beer and rum Sunday afternoon 
Re: Whoop (maybe ftao Gavster)
Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2024 4:12 pm
I’ve woken up on 5 after a heavy night a few timesJonMad wrote: Tue Aug 27, 2024 3:57 pm The challenge is how early in the day you can get it to flatline at 5. I think I've managed mid afternoon.
Re: Whoop (maybe ftao Gavster)
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2025 8:58 am
Arse. Message sent to Garmin Support, not that I expect any useful response: My Forerunner 55 has stopped responding to charging. The screen is now permanently blank. I have tried cleaning the contacts on the back, and cleaning the charging cable, though the same charging cable, and another charging cable, work successfully with two Garmin Venu Sq2 watches that we have in our household. I have tried multiple power sources, where again the other Garmin watches charge fine, but my Forerunner 55 stays off.
edit: they've offered me the opportunity to buy a 'recertified' replacement, for £20 less than I can buy a new one for off Amazon (and I'll need to send the old one back to them).
edit: they've offered me the opportunity to buy a 'recertified' replacement, for £20 less than I can buy a new one for off Amazon (and I'll need to send the old one back to them).