LISTEN TO YOUR HEART
Think of a stressful situation: a tough work meeting, your commute, or just getting the kids to bed might spring to mind. But the reality is there’s no end to the amount of scenarios capable of increasing physical and mental stress on our bodies: from high-intensity interval training (HIIT), to cooking, or simply feeling run-down. And when it comes to maintaining an effective training regime, understanding how these stressors impact your body’s requirements for recovery is essential. But how do we know what daily factors cause us the most stress and, importantly, if we are effectively recovering from them?
Say hello to heart rate variability (HRV) – the measure of variation in milliseconds between each successive heartbeat. While acknowledgement of this natural occurrence is far from new,
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