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horsefacts
@horsefacts.eth
What are the most useful or interesting things you’ve learned about yourself from using a fitness/health wearable? I love collecting data and looking at graphs for their own sake but sometimes find the analysis kind of boring: “you went really hard yesterday so you should take it easy” or “your sleep sucked because you went to bed at 3am.” The biggest one for me was discovering how even small amounts of alcohol immediately affect every metric and disrupt my sleep. But out of years of continuous data I’ve only had a few major insights like this.
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Mikko
@mikkolagerstedt
That's a great question. Some thoughts after using Oura for the past three years. 1. If I take a cold shower (2-4 mins) in the evening about two hours before sleeping, my resting heart rate drops -10 pbm to the default and I sleep better and get more deep sleep. 2. Same as you, my body does not want me to consume any alcohol and worst is in the evening. 3. Doing heavy workouts can have negative impact on my sleep quality especially if I do them late in the evening. 4. Using wearables can actually have negative impact on my sleep, especially if I'm already stressed out about something. 5. I get much better my sleep if I do a long walk with the doggie in the woods. Bonus: night photography is not good for the stats.
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horsefacts
@horsefacts.eth
Ah, yes, actually #3 is another meaningful one for me. I used to tolerate evening exercise pretty well, but as I get older it interferes with sleep.
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