Lecture on Whoopstrap MG Testing Results

Introduction

• Early access to Whoopstrap MG
• Focus areas: heart rate tracking, sleep stage tracking, and other functionalities
• Detailed review to follow
• Initial overview of characteristics and features

Whoopstrap Models

• Whoopstrap 5.0:
  • Comes with 'one' or 'peak' subscriptions
• Whoopstrap MG (Medical Grade):
  • Comes with 'life' subscription
  • Most expensive and comprehensive option

New Functionalities

• Health Span and Whoop Age:
  • Whoop age: 26.3 (10.4 years younger biologically)
  • Pace of aging: ideally below 1
  • Influencing factors: sleep consistency, hours of sleep, fitness level
  • Importance of V2 Max (oxygen consumption during exercise)
• Blood Pressure Insights:
  • Beta feature requiring initial calibration
  • Daily updates post-calibration
• Heart Screener:
  • Uses ECG to detect heart issues (e.g., AIB)
  • Not a diagnostic tool but an indicator

Sleep Stage Tracking

• Compared against EEG device (Zmax)
• Deep Sleep:
  • Good match but with extra detected deep sleep
• REM Sleep:
  • Generally matches, but extra REM sleep detected
• Light Sleep:
  • Lower accuracy
• Result: Sleep tracking shows qualitative agreement but needs improvement

Heart Rate Tracking Performance

Indoor Cycling

• High accuracy with minor delays
• Correlation: 0.93 (Good enough)

Running

• Initial inaccuracies but improves over time
• Correlation: 0.86

Weightlifting

• Poor accuracy due to arm tension during exercises
• Correlation: 0.76 (Not sufficient)

Conclusion

• No major changes in core tracking performance from Whoopstrap 4.0 to MG
• Battery Life: Significant improvement
• Software and Functionalities: Expanded metrics and features
• User Engagement: Important to assess the value of new features

Additional Notes

• Encouragement to engage with Whoopstrap's functionalities for lifestyle improvement
• Affiliate links available for discounts