WHOOP DATA

Commonly Asked Questions

• Why is the sum of my activity Strain lower than my Day Strain?
• Why is my Strain 0?
• What does ‘Optimal Training’ mean?
• What is the difference between Hours of Sleep and Time in Bed?
• What does the ‘Process Now’ button do?
• What does ‘Optimal Sleep’ mean?

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Activities & Auto-Detection

• Why Didn't My Activity Auto-Detect?
• Sleep Auto-Detection
• Logging Activities & Sleep
• Editing or Deleting an Activity

Strain & Calories

• WHOOP Strain
• How can I increase the Strain of my workouts?
• I’ve noticed a slight change in my calories, why?
• How does WHOOP calculate calories burned?

Recovery & HRV

• Cardiovascular Strain vs. Muscular Strain
• Tracking Respiratory Rate
• WHOOP Recovery
• How can I improve my Recovery?
• What is the Recovery calibration period?
• What is Heart Rate Variability (HRV)?

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Sleep

• WHOOP Sleep
• Sleep Consistency and Sleep Stages
• How is Tonight’s Sleep Need calculated?
• How can I improve my Sleep Performance?

Data Accuracy

• Establishing Optimal Signal Quality for Monitoring Heart Rate
• What affects WHOOP accuracy?

Performance Assessments

• Everything You Need to Know about the Annual Performance Assessment
• How do I access my Weekly Performance Assessment?
• Why is my Weekly Performance Assessment locked?
• How do I use the Training State graph?
• How do I use the Sleep Status graph?