in today's video i'm going to be reviewing woop the woop strap is a wearable device
that tracks sleep recovery and exercise by tracking these metrics you can learn
how your body responds to the food you eat the exercise you do the stress you're under and more
and use this data to optimize your health now i previously did a video reviewing the aura ring
which is another wearable device that tracks sleep recovery and exercise and while i was and still am
a huge fan of the aura ring there are definitely a few ways it could be improved and spoiler alert
the whoop strap makes up for a lot of these shortcomings and it makes up for them in a
big way so in today's video we're going to talk all about the loop strap the data it provides you
my experience over the last six months and whether or not it's worth the money
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facebook where i shoot new posts every single day in today's video we're going to start with
the basics what the loop strap is what it does the features then we will get into my experience
with it over the last six months what i like and what i don't like about it and then i will give
you my final thoughts as i said at the start the whoop strap is a wearable device that is worn on
your wrist unlike most of their competitors on the market the whoop strap does not have
a watch face or screen all of the data is viewed through the woop app on your smartphone
it provides you physiological data 24 7 and gives you a score every day for your recovery and your
strain strain being your activity level and stress it tracks heart rate heart rate variability sleep
cycles and respiratory rate the band is waterproof up to 100 feet and has a five day battery life
which is longer than any other wearable device i've ever worn
and let me tell you this thing is durable i've worn it in the ocean i've worn it playing hockey
i've worn it in the rain i've worn it in the heat it is made to take a hit and it is made to be worn
24 7. so much so that the way you charge it is by sliding the battery pack right onto the device
so you can continue to wear it when the battery needs to be charged this band is mainly aimed at
athletes and that is anyone from casual exercisers to professional athletes there are a bunch of
accessories that make wearing it during exercise optimal and wearing it during competition possible
two notable accessories are the bicep band and the impact sleeve and honestly the sleeve is so smart
i used to play australian football and i didn't even think it was possible
for me to wear a wearable device during a game but the arm sleeve makes it possible
through detailed weekly and monthly reports woop gives you data on whether your sleep and training
was optimal or subpar these reports also tell you how certain activities such as alcohol consumption
wearing a sleep mask or drinking coffee have impacted your body and they can even
tell you if the time of day they happened made a difference and i said these reports are detailed
but honestly that is an understatement but we're going to get into that a little bit more a bit
later in the video now let's talk about the three main areas that woop tracks and aims to help you
improve sleep woop provides you in-depth sleep data every morning and even after you nap it lets
you know how much time you spent in each sleep cycle light sleep rem sleep and deep sleep and how
much time you spent awake it measures your resting heart rate and also your heart rate variability
also known as hrv hrv is super important and a huge metric that woop uses when measuring your
recovery but we will get into that some more when we start talking about recovery tracking the woop
app also provides you a personal sleep coach now this isn't a real person but the data it provides
is still extremely helpful based on your strain for the day your sleep debt and any recent naps
it will let you know your sleep need which is how much sleep you require that night to fully recover
you can also let the sleep coach know whether you are aiming to be in peak form the following day
or just looking to perform or just want to get by as they call it and based on the time
you want to wake up the sleep coach will tell you what time you need to be in bed by
the next day when you wake up you can see how long you slept and how that compared to your sleep need
in the morning you can also fill up the journal entering in any actions you did the previous day
that might have impacted your sleep and your recovery metrics i track are alcohol consumption
caffeine consumption red light therapy whether i wore a sleep mask or ear plugs and if i ate a keto
diet to name a few and you will be able to see in detail how these affected your sleep and recovery
when you get your monthly report recovery in whoops own words whoop recovery quantifies how
your body is adapting to stress and readiness for the day by measuring resting heart rate
heart rate variability and sleep performance boop gives you a percentage score from 1 to 100
a low percentage will show up as red a moderate percentage yellow and a high percentage green
signifying just how recovered you are and how much your body can take on that day and from
what i've noticed woo puts a very strong recovery on hrv when determining your recovery score and if
you're not familiar with hrv i'll give you a quick overview heart rate variability is
the variance between your heartbeats a higher hrv score indicates your heartbeats have more variance
while a lower score indicates less variance a higher hrv with more variance means your heart
is responding quicker to changes in summary high hrv is associated with rest and digest
general fitness and good recovery whereas low hrv is associated with fight or flight
stress illness and over training now your baseline hrv is highly individual
and woop takes this into consideration as it starts to get to know you better i have noticed
that sometimes when my sleep isn't the greatest maybe i just didn't sleep as long as i usually do
if my hrv is still high then woop will give me a pretty high recovery score higher than i expected
strain strain is a measure of how much mental and physical stress you're putting on your body
similar to the sleep coach whoop also provides you a strain coach and based on your recovery
you will be recommended a strain score to aim for if you want to prioritize recovery balance
training and recovery or prioritize training the score is between 0 and 21. every activity
that you do throughout the day and track whether it be a run or just yard work will provide you
with a strain score all these considered together will give you your strain score for the day and
of course this is constantly updating as the day goes on your strain coach will also provide you
real-time data during your workouts and give you a target exertion goal weekly and monthly reports
at the end of every week and at the end of every month woop will provide you a report the weekly
reports are fairly basic just letting you know if your training in sleep was optimal or subpar
but the monthly reports as i mentioned earlier saying they are detailed is an understatement all
the variables you tracked through the journal feature will show up here with information on
whether they helped or hurt your recovery so if you were trying to dial in your training
this can be extremely helpful and even just for the average person realizing how much a couple
of drinks of alcohol negatively impact your hrv and overall recovery can be eye-opening
now let's get into what i like about whoop number one the amount of insight it provides
woop provides you so much relevant data and it's not only the amount of data but it's how it is
presented the scoring systems they use are great and they do a good job of simplifying everything
just enough so that it isn't overwhelming and so that you are actually able to use the information
to make meaningful changes it might take a couple of days to get a handle on navigating the app and
finding out where all the features are but once you have a grip on it it is extremely easy to use
number two battery life the five day battery life is incredible not having to worry about
charging it every evening before bed is such a blessing and the fact that the charger just slides
right on is a huge bonus when your battery falls below 20 you'll get a notification on your phone
which should give you ample time to charge it before it dies number three is that it tracks
and prioritizes hrv first off hrv tracking is not something that a lot of wrist wearable devices
have so the fact that it even has this feature is incredible but i also like that woop puts a heavy
emphasis on it when it comes to quantifying recovery as i said at the start i also use an
ora ring to track my sleep and i love aura ring i have been using my ring for over two years now
but what i've noticed especially since i started using woop is that the aura ring doesn't look
at hrv as much if i only slept for six hours for example less than i normally need but it was six
hours of quality sleep with enough rem and deep sleep and a high hrv aura will still give me a
low readiness score whereas woop gives me a much more favorable score for the same night's sleep
and at the end of the day hrv is one of the best if not the best way to track recovery
so the fact that woop puts so much emphasize on it makes sense number four workout tracking
the workout tracker is by far the best that i have seen on any wearable device or a ring
while technically able to track workouts does not provide you as much data but rather just uses your
heart rate as a metric for your recovery and i've also used a few garma watches in the past but all
those really give you are your current heart rate the time of your workout and your intensity level
whereas the strain coach with woop tells you exactly how hard you should be pushing yourself
to reach your goals number five is that the device is free yes you heard that right the basic device
itself does not cost you anything but before you get too excited there is definitely a catch
which we will get to in a minute what i don't like number one is that the sleep data isn't as
accurate as i would like what i have found when comparing the data from my aura ring to the data
from my loop strap is that the loop strap always says i slept 20 minutes less than my ordering and
based on my sleep and wake times i tend to think that the aura ring is a little bit more accurate
and i think this is simply because wearing a device on your finger is going to be more
accurate than on your wrist hrv also tends to be different between my aura ring and my whoop strap
it's always slightly higher with my loop strap although it always trends the same way number two
is that there's no watch face now as someone that wore a garmin smartwatch for many years
i was very used to getting notifications on my wrist from my phone all the time so that was
something to adjust too but i know that for some people this might be a pro and finally the third
thing that i do not like is the subscription model you have to be a member and pay for a subscription
in order to actually use the band and use the app there is no one time fee you have to subscribe and
continue paying forever or of course as long as you want to use the device maybe not forever and
honestly it's not cheap plans range from 24 to 44 dollars per month and that of course varies based
on the currency and the country you live in what i am quoting is the prices in australian dollars
so yeah the subscription model is a huge bummer in my opinion but my advice if you are on the fence
about it is sign up for a subscription give it a go worst case scenario you don't like it and you
don't continue your subscription but honestly i'm gonna have a really hard time not renewing
my subscription just because i love the device and the service it provides so much and that is really
annoying because i don't like the subscription model and if you guys do want to try it out i'm
going to put a link in the description box down below that's going to provide you with one month
free no this video was not sponsored if woop wants to sponsor me if anyone from loop is watching this
i will gladly take a sponsorship i love your product the referral link is something that
they offer to everyone if you get anyone to shop through your link then you get a free month and
they get a free month so it's a win-win anyways guys that's all i have for you today let me know
in the comment section down below if you have the whoop strap and what you think about it or
are you on the fence are you gonna buy it i hope you guys found this video and this review helpful
if you did and if you're trying to decide between the whoop strap and the aura ring
you might also want to check out my video reviewing the aura ring which i will link here if
you want to catch up on my most recent upload you can click right here and if you want to check out
my keto diet and carnivore diet coaching programs click here thanks guys i'll see you next time bye