Xcell Performance
MEASURE EVERY EFFORT
Whether you’re exercising, resting, or going about your daily life, your strain will reveal how your body is responding to things like stress, travel, and work, so you can make smarter decisions when it comes to recovery.
TRAINING OPTIMIZATION
Your strain is a measure of the cardiovascular load your body takes on over the course of a day or during a given activity. WHOOP calculates your exertion and quantifies it on a scale from 0-21. Maximize the efficiency of your training by balancing your Day Strain and Recovery, and see your body evolve by comparing Strain for similar workouts over time.
RESTORING
Taking on less Strain than your body is prepared to handle can accelerate Recovery.
OPTIMAL TRAINING
The perfect balance of pushing your body to improve without burning out.
OVERREACHING
With too much load, in time extra training can be more detrimental than helpful.
Xcell Sleep
Why Sleep? Science tells us that you don’t get stronger in the gym (that’s what breaks you down), you actually get stronger during rest. Sleep can be the forgotten third of your life. It’s the period to repair, regenerate and prime your mind and body for peak performance. WHOOP measures not only how long you sleep, but the time spent in each stage to better understand sleep quality. The WHOOP Sleep Coach tells you exactly how much sleep you need to reach your desired performance level the next day.
QUALITY
See how much time you spend in each sleep stage: Light, REM, Slow Wave (Deep), and Awake. A good sleep includes 3-5 cycles.
EFFICIENCY
WHOOP calculates the numbers of disturbances during your sleep, and gives you a percentage from 0-100% on how efficiently you slept. More frequent disturbances are associated with lower sleep quality.
CONSISTENCY
Science shows that the more consistent you are with your sleep and wake times, the better sleep you'll get. The WHOOP Sleep Coach makes recommendations that match up with your circadian rhythm to achieve higher consistency.
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Xcell Recovery
WHOOP calculates your recovery based on 4 physiological markers: Heart Rate Variability (HRV), Resting Heart Rate (RHR), sleep, and respiratory rate. These metrics are calibrated to your baseline, which means your recovery is personalized each day.
HEART RATE VARIABILITY (HRV)
HRV measures the variation in time between each heart beat. Leading exercise physiologists agree that HRV is one of the most useful tools for determining optimal training loads.
RESTING HEART RATE (RHR)
WHOOP measures your RHR during your deepest sleep each night for consistent, controlled readings. Over time, you can monitor changes in RHR as you navigate training cycles.
SLEEP
Get unprecedented insight into your sleep, including sleep cycles, disturbances, respiratory rate, circadian rhythm, and more. Every night WHOOP tells you exactly how much sleep you need, so you can function at your best the next day.
RESPIRATORY RATE
Studies show a clear link between changes in respiratory rate and symptoms of illness and health complications. WHOOP monitors respiratory rate each night and notifies you of significant changes.
WHOOP takes the guesswork out by giving you quantified recovery metrics, so you make informed training decisions each day and places your Recovery Score into 3 Categories:
Green Zone - All systems go. Your body is primed for peak performance.
Yellow Zone - Taking on less Strain than your body is prepared to handle can accelerate Recovery.
Red Zone - Taking on less Strain than your body is prepared to handle can accelerate Recovery.
All information is adapted from whoop.com
Xcell Spreadsheets
GET MONTHLY PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS
Get a personalized report at the start of each month that analyzes your progress over the previous month.
See how your sleep performance trended over the month and how it compared to the previous period. View what days you missed out on sleep or got the sleep you needed and how much of each sleep stage you got.
Get a detailed recap of your training during the month. See what days you trained the hardest on average and your average strain of your activities. View what heart rate zones you were in most frequently during training and for how long on average.
Track your year at a glance. View what days are more strenuous or include more rest, which days you are recovered, and when you're getting enough sleep.
View your training progress to see if you’re overreaching, optimal, or restorative blocks. Monitor the physiological response to your training with adjustments in heart rate variability and resting heart rate.