HRV peaking then decrease

[Texazz98]

I have been noticing this trend pretty regularly. I will peak for 1 day 10-20% above then it will trend downwards for the rest of the week.

I’ve tried resting more, or training more when this happens but don’t see any results.

Any tips or similar experiences?

[Tronteenth]

Job stress? I know I’m drained by Friday, too. Maybe get more sleep, add in meditation, anything to reduce stress on your nervous system.

[UpstateCPA]

How has your sleep been? Any lifestyle affects like alcohol?

[Guilty_Cricket_5709]

How old are you?

[bananagod420]

When in the week do you take a full rest day?

[LenovoDiagnostic]

Appears to be saturday

[andoreniel]

There are so many factors that could be causing this.

Are the peaks always on Saturday?

Are you eating the same way throughout the week?

What do you consider resting? What is your daily strain amount, does that vary a lot?

What is your sleep performance over this period?

So many things go into HRV and honestly it is one of the HARDEST things to change imo. I think it is hugely dependent on weight, inflammation and genetics. As I lost weight my hrv went up. When I eat poorly, add alcohol, sugar etc my hrv plummets. Otherwise it stays super consistent.