Dr. Jay Wiles

And this is, again, another misconception that people have is they believe that,

Heart rate variability is this metric that I should always see going in an upward direction.

It should always be progressing in an upward direction.

When in fact, and this actually comes from my really close friend, his name's Dr. Marco Lautini, Italian researcher, brilliant in this space.

He actually says that a good HRV is actually a normal HRV.

It is a HRV that doesn't change across time very much.

So it's actually one that remains stable.

And we can get into that if you want.

But HRV is a metric that shouldn't just be taken out of context and looking at just what is it right now, but what is it across time?

I had a dollar for every email I got asking that question of whether or not, you know, my HRV is good because it is said number or bad because of said number.

I'd be a very rich man right now.

So I would say that this is a little nuanced.

High HRV is good, but it's only good when it's relative to you.

It's not good when we're saying, hey, I want to compare my HRV to someone else.

That's actually where we can get into trouble.

High HRV as it is relative to you could be good.

That could be a sign of adaptation for you.

So let's say, Chris, for instance, easy math, your HRV typically is 50 milliseconds.

So if we see that across time, that number is going from 50 to 60 to 65 to 70, well, relative to you, that's pretty good.

But I may look at someone else whose HRV, their baseline is 100 milliseconds.