Everything You Need to Know About WHOOP Fitness Band

Giving your body that much-needed rest is so important when you workout regularly. If you don’t rest your body and keep training when you are sick or overtired you can actually do a lot more damage. How does one know how much rest one needs? This is where the WHOOP fitness band comes in.

This fitness band tells you how much sleep you have had, how you work out, and how your heart rate rises when you are stressed. It learns about your body, your daily habits, and workouts and it will give you a grade based on these results.

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As we announced last week, WHOOP is excited to be an official sponsor of this year's Pan-Mass Challenge Winter Cycle benefitting The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute! ⁣We're only a few days away from the big event and for the first time ever, #WHOOPLive data will be projected across screens at Fenway Park for all riders to see. ⁣ ⁣ At Noon on Saturday, Instructor @beingcatyn from @cyclebarassemblyrow will not only see Team WHOOP riding in the crowd, but her sister, too! Learn more about what lead Catyn and her sister to PMC Winter Cycle below and swipe up in our story to hear one of her favorite playlists to ride to!⁣⁣ ⁣ “I’ve never been one to turn down a challenge. I grew up an athlete, a performer, an explorer and someone always looking for the next big adventure. It wasn't until recently – when I fell in love with fitness, quit my corporate job, and never looked back – that I discovered I could be all of those things at once. ⁣ ⁣ If someone asked me to describe my teaching style, I'd say it’s lots of energy and encouragement with an occasional Dad joke. I believe fitness is for everyone and strive to make my classes empowering and inclusive. My favorite thing about my job is the community around me – everyone has a story, and it's incredible to be a part of them.⁣ ⁣ Part of my story and part of why PMC is so near and dear to my heart, is my sister who will be riding in the crowd during my ride at PMC Winter Cycle! She was diagnosed with APML in May of 2011 and my family's world was turned upside down. With the help of the wonderful doctors and nurses at Dana-Farber and Brigham Women's Hospital and countless researchers, my sister was able to receive the best treatment in the world and has been in remission for 8 years! I am beyond proud to continue to tell her story, and to continue to fight for a cure for all of those still battling cancer. ⁣ ⁣ I am super excited that WHOOP is working with us on the PMC Winter Cycle this year! As a trainer, strain and recovery are incredibly important and being in the WHOOP gang is going to be a game changer.” – @beingcatyn

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Measures Your Workout Heart Pressure

WHOOP measures your heart pressure during your exercises; you will be asked to rate your own performance from weak to peak. At the end of each day the band sends you a day strain score, combining all your activities over that specific 24 hours.

The Advised Amount of Sleep

The advised amount of sleep you are meant to get each night is between 7-8 hours. Sleep helps you to recover from your hard workouts and it makes you stronger. If you are Netflix and chilling on a regular basis and then waking up early to workout, you will end your week with a tired body and mind.

WHOOP reminds you to value your sleep. Each morning you will be asked to rate your sleep with questions about your caffeine or alcohol intake before you went to bed the night before and whether you share your bed. The answers from the survey and your heart rate data will give you your daily sleep performance number.

How You Handle Stress

The band also keeps track of how well you handle stress with a few questions. All of your answers go in to the system to teach you about your recovery. Over training and working late can have a lot of negative effects on your body and you and it will tell you to skip the gym to get much needed rest.

The band is free but you will have to commit to a six month subscription costing $30/month.