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whoop.com
Company blog · whoop.com/thelockerhealth
whoop.com is the company blog at whoop.com, writing about health. Since 2019, 23 different Hacker News readers have linked it 25 times. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (18) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers mention whoop.com as a wrist-worn fitness and sleep tracker that uses heart-rate data and a subscription. Linked Whoop posts cover sleep validation, fat-burn heart-rate zones, COVID risk prediction and HRV.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 18 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
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What Hacker News says?
I think HRM is more useful than compass/barometer since HR is the only thing your phone can't do. The https://www.whoop.com/ , for example, doesn't even have GPS. All of its value comes from its HRM. Barometer is especially niche and not something very trustworthy outside of devices made for it. To the average person, compass is only useful for showing orientation on a map.
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on “Two new PebbleOS watches”Submitted Whoop 5 and Whoop MG as a story · 5 points
HN discussionWHOOP | Backend, Full stack, iOS Engineers | Boston | Full-time | ONSITE (Remote for COVID) WHOOP is a fitness tracker that has the goal of optimizing performance for everybody from professional athletes to everyday people hoping to stay a little bit healthier. * Software Jobs: https://www.whoop.com/careers/ * Tech stack: AWS, Kubernetes, Kafka, Cassandra, Postgres, Java (Backend), Kotlin (Android), React, Swift (iO…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2020)”Submitted Deep Sleep – What Is It and How to Get More of It as a story · 4 points
HN discussion[Whoop]( https://www.whoop.com/ ) has a lot of buzz right now and offers some interesting looking sleep insight. I haven't used one myself yet so I can't speak from personal experience.
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on “Alphabet in bid to buy Fitbit”Submitted A Look Behind the Data: How Whoop Measures Heart Rate as a story · 1 points
HN discussionFrom what I've heard, Whoop ( https://whoop.com ) has the best sleep tracking, but it is subscription based and the monthly price is ridiculous for a device that has not even a screen
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on “Apple Watch with Android”Submitted Why Whoop Stands Behind Blood Pressure Insights after FDA Warning as a story · 1 points
HN discussionI use and recommend Whoop, it's a fitness tracker worn around the wrist that focuses on sleep and recovery. They recently had their sleep tracking validated against polysomnography ( https://www.whoop.com/the-locker/how-well-whoop-measures-sle... )
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on “Ask HN: Best sleep trackers?”Submitted Whoop 4.0 with Any-Wear Fitness Tracker as a story · 1 points
HN discussionI’ve been using the WHOOP tracker for the last few months. Initially did some work to determine what my baseline was, but every morning you answer a journal (it’s most differentiating feature, imo) where you add things like alcohol, caffeine, melatonin, etc consumption and other things like airline travel, sleeping in same bed, etc. After seeing what is correlated and not, I have had an extreme increase in sleep qua…
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on “Get better sleep – Anecdata and sleep tech”Submitted The Importance of Respiratory Rate Tracking During the Covid-19 Pandemic as a story · 1 points
HN discussionhttps://www.whoop.com
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on “Calm Technology”Cool! I have a Whoop. I purchased it before they started the subscription model. https://www.whoop.com/the-locker/team-thrive-average-hrv-on-...
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on “Sleepless in Silicon Valley”Looks like it is a fitness tracker of some sort. https://www.whoop.com/
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on “Real Time Continuous Blood Monitoring”I don't particularly care about the NBA, but I followed your link anyways, and came across this gem: > A recent study by WHOOP, a biometric device company with NBA clients, found what researchers called a "four-day hangover" in the post-drinking health metrics of 148 student-athletes. Heart rates were 16 percent higher after a night of drinking, and a measurement of heartbeat interval variation was 23 percent lower.…
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on “Sleep Deprivation in NBA Players”The Whoop[1] does not measure body temperature but it does measure your heart. Several users claim it has detected their sickness before they realize. FitBit too. 1: https://www.whoop.com/
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on “How might the coronavirus change our world?”Some more info on the product page: https://www.whoop.com/thelocker/whoop-4-0-vs-3-0-whats-new/ The new device has 17% improved battery capacity which allows it to maintain the same battery life at 2/3 the size. Not groundbreaking overall, but could make a big impact for wearables. 2mm shaved off an Apple watch, for example, would make it way more comfortable.
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on “Silanano launches the first new commercial battery chemistry since 1991”Surprised (or maybe not?) by the negativity of the comments here. This is a direct competitor to Whoop[1]. Athletes and friends of mine rave about it. Knowing physical strain, recovery levels, etc. helps you know when to train harder, when to take a day off, when to specifically rest up. For somebody aiming for elite performance (physically and mentally), the data is invaluable. [1]: https://www.whoop.com
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on “Amazon launches Halo: tracks activity, body fat, emotions”It's true there exists a "fat burn zone" where the ratio of fat burned to calories spent is higher. It's not true that's it's beneficial for people trying to lose weight to limit their calories burned to that zone, though. What governs weight loss is total calories in vs. total calories out: https://www.whoop.com/thelocker/fat-burning-heart-rate-zone/
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on “Death of the Calorie (2019)”no worries dude. Ah great, I'm sure you'll find the Oura ring really useful to lead a balanced lifestyle. You are right, _managed_ stress - or, exercise - is necessary to improve fitness and resilience. I guess the trick is to stress your body enough to elicit improvements but not too much so that you end up in a chronic stress situation through over-training. E.g. I over trained last week and my HRV crashed the sta…
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on “Ask HN: Tips for handling chronic stess?”If you only want to use it for sleep tracking and fitness and don't care about the other smart watch features, look into Whoop. You pay a monthly fee instead of up front but it is a much better fitness and sleep tracker than any smart watch I know of. Bonus: You can charge the whoop while you wear it so you don't miss out on sleep tracking as is mentioned in other comments. https://www.whoop.com/
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on “Ask HN: What is your experience with smartwatches? Is it worth it?”Whoop already do this... https://www.whoop.com/thelocker/predict-covid-19-risk/
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on “Can your Apple Watch tell you if you have Covid-19?”There's Whoop which is just a strap, but I've heard mixed reviews and I think it's a bit expensive. https://www.whoop.com/
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on “The Quest for a Simple Smartwatch”
