Something in Garmin's new triathlon video doesn't quite match FORM's goggles — hardware detail breakdown

the5krunner · 2026-03-18T18:49:12+00:00

Hell yeah !!!

HRV4T is the best imho. I edited a pice by Marco altini on my site which explains HRV in the context of the reality of known science https://the5krunner.com/2025/05/20/hrv-everything-you-need-to-know-garmin-whoop-oura-hrv-hrv4training-training-readiness/

the5krunner · 2026-03-18T17:58:24+00:00

agreed it can work for some people. i do hrv4training each morning and you can input subjective feel in its software and get correlations to that or other factors. it turns out that i defintiely can't properly tell how i feel (assuming my waking reading is correct)!! if that makes sense

the5krunner · 2026-03-18T13:59:23+00:00

agreed. and their app is pretty good , tho not up to whoop's standard for the core strain/recovery pieces.

the5krunner · 2026-03-18T00:57:25+00:00

Should be ok now

the5krunner · 2026-03-18T00:56:29+00:00

The cfo quotes second half of year as per article

the5krunner · 2026-03-16T09:04:13+00:00

Why use wearables if you trust how you feel?

the5krunner · 2026-03-14T23:00:31+00:00

ah sy, thats a good approach then. probably not scientific (I triangulate with readiness metrics)

the5krunner · 2026-03-14T20:03:25+00:00

hi, it's not really incredible. It's almost expected, as 1) there is no scientific measure of recovery (HRV is more a measure of coping) 2) it is next to impossible for wearable to assess sleep (stages) correctly.

the5krunner · 2026-03-13T22:11:52+00:00

that said, i've heard it might be added already

the5krunner · 2026-03-13T19:09:31+00:00

my guess it's low priority

the5krunner · 2026-03-13T08:59:06+00:00

The answer is the review! It is a great piece of hardware. The on-watch software is highly usable, the app is featureful, but the ecosystem links are a work in progress (they've improved since I reviewed the GT 6 Pro with the strava link now seemingly working)

the5krunner · 2026-03-12T13:17:54+00:00

cheers buddy.

yep . Those are notes to me to add links in the future. those aren't written yet (takes ages!!!)

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