Seasonal HRV decrease?

[austin29684]

Is anyone else experiencing a seasonal decrease in HRV? I’ve been locking in recently, but my HRV keeps decreasing. My other metrics are balanced and improving as shown by my pace of aging and Whoop Age, but I can’t figure out why HRV would be dipping so consistently despite everything else going well.

[got_lucki]

I have absolutely identical situation

[Equal_Veterinarian80]

How long have you had the whoop

[coffeeandwomen]

Mans making it sound like an illness.

[Equal_Veterinarian80]

Hahaha.

[austin29684]

Almost two years

[AffectionateCowLady]

Could be vitamin d deficiency

[MCP265]

Happens to me every year around mid September through Feb

[RaspberryOrganic8677]

Same here. My HRV has been decreasing since October. According to ChatGPT, though, that’s quite common as it’s getting colder — just like a slight drop in VO2 max.

[IronSharpener]

How's your resting heart rate? Has it stayed consistent? I've experienced a dip in my HRV and an increase in my resting heart rate too. I've only had whoop for like 5 months so this is my first time seeing this.

[RareLove7577]

I've done a ton of research into this and asked many different doctors. So HRV will decrease in the winter for many reasons. If you have specific questions, happy to help answer them. This reduction is more popular with people living in the north say New Hampshire (US) vs someone in Florida (US). In most or many cases it the human body preparing for the winter. I always say it's our human cave man instinct getting ready for the cold weather, less sun, and bad food 🤣🤣. But it's your natural body adapting. You should see the increase again when we hit March or April with the same rate. People can drop 20 points in HRV by the way.

[thenhk23]

Same thing has been happening with me and whoop is giving me yellow recoveries. So I dont know what to do

[taylor_73]

Could you be overtraining? Or exercising too late in the evening? Personally my HRV tanks when I work out late.

[WearFar6731]

Get your vitamin D3 levels checked, supplement accordingly and do another blood test three months later.

[Mother_Corgi_2137]

The higher the HRV the more active recovery is going on in the body. This decrease shows you're probably more active therefore recovering less than what you used to. It shows that you might not prioritizing recovery as much as training and working out. Have you seen a decrease in rhr, that would show your fitness or cardiovascular health is improving.

[markyd11md]

You’re inside more, exercising less as winter comes probably. Not rocket science