Kubios HRV Morning check-in screen showing irregular heartrate and low Resting HR of 53bpm

Kubios final check-in score 100% with RMSSD of 122ms

Monday morning at 5am; awake & ready for the working week🙏

But a fun-packed Saturday is leading to a delayed response...

Classic #ParasympatheticSwing going on

#EliteHRV and #KubiosHRV are both showing very low Resting HR and very high RMSSD.

Whilst Kubios therefore suggests '100% Readiness'...

Visible Health Morning Stability of 3 out of 5 - Slightly out of balance

Woke up full of energy after a quite active day-off yesterday (although I did stay within my 'Energy Envelopes' for #VisibleHealth PacePoints and for #KiActiv Movement).

Resting Heartrate is very low and Heartrate Variability very high - Signs of a slight #ParasympatheticSwing

Readiness 3 - parasympathetic activity very high

EliteHRV is showing this high Parasympathetic Activity, suggesting that my body is in a deep state of relaxation - Well, I have been recovering from a dental infection & resting even more than usual 🤔

Or is this a #ParasympatheticSwing from yesterday's walk (overexertion)?

EliteHRV app says 5 out of 10 Readiness and advises lighter activity today. Parasympathetic dominance is clear.

3. I love the way that the separate #EliteHRV app helps me to identify the signs of a #ParasympatheticSwing early - allowing me to pre-empt a #LongCovid #PEM crash by avoiding over-exertion on days when I'm feeling capable of ANYTHING!

Off to the airport; I'll be #pacing as carefully as usual 🙏

Saturday morning: Woke up naturally before my early alarm for our journey home to the UK.

Feeling amazing and well-rested, despite a shorter-than-usual sleep: adrenaline rush!

My three #HRV-based apps support one another in identifying early signs of a #ParasympatheticSwing...

Visible donut graph. 0.8 out of 30 daily pacepoints used. 18 behind today's pacesetter!

5pm on Monday of the half-term break. Got some 'holiday marking' cleared 👍

Sign of a slight #ParasympatheticSwing on waking this morning, so I've pretty-much rested all day, apart from 10 minutes of pruning in the garden 😊

Below ONE #VisibleHealth pacepoint used so far today!

#Pacing #LongCovid

RMSSD graph from EliteHRV. Much higher first thing this morning

PNN50 at 57% this morning - much higher than recent days

...and delving into the #EliteHRV data, this elevation in RMSSD and PNN50 provided me with my usual indication of why a #ParasympatheticSwing was being identified.

This was more than 12 hours since my long (yet well-paced) walk to town - and I had been lying down most of this time 🤔

EliteHRV 3 out of 10 Readiness. Parasympathetic activity greatly elevated

...This morning I woke up with signs of a #ParasympatheticSwing; this happens after over-exertion.

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7 day average HRV graph showing how it's reached a high plateau for the past 3 days

Resting heartrate graph nice and low - below 57bpm

EliteHRV output screen says 8 out of 10 Readiness for today and a slight dominance of my Parasympathetic Nervous System (Rest and Recover) over my Sympathetic Nervous System (Fight or Flight).

...and the #EliteHRV app concurs. It also clearly shows how my Resting Heartrate has lowered nicely over the past week 👇

Slight hint of #ParasympatheticSwing so I must take care with #pacing - as always!

Ready for a classic day out with our youngest GCSE students.

#Cornwall here we come!

Relative balance slightly skewed towards parasympathetic

That first image - from #EliteHRV - suggests slight Parasympathetic Nervous System dominance. This explains my reduced Resting Heartrate as my body is in 'Rest and Recover' mode due to yesterday's gym visit.

I think it's not a full #ParasympatheticSwing because I've been lying down 15 hours since!

EliteHRV showing slight Parasympathetic dominance but 7 out of 10 Readiness

After 13 hours of REST I'm Ready for Thursday - & it's my busiest work-day of the fortnightly school timetable.

Five 1-hour lessons to teach (starting with my 3rd & final 'Biscuit Game' - see previous impact in thread above👆

#EliteHRV suggesting slight #ParasympatheticSwing...

8 out of 10 Readiness. PNS greater than SNS

EliteHRV showing a slight #ParasympatheticSwing which makes sense, as my heartrate was ridiculously low at work yesterday; I had been pretty active in the first week back of the new school term.

The main reson why I am choosing to Rest so much today.

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Morning Stability from Visible Health. Looking Stable. HRV in middle of my normal range. Resting HR low for me, but within my normal range.

And as for #VisibleHealth - 'Looking Stable' 🙏

That low heartrate reflects how good I'm feeling - #ParasympatheticSwing

I've been stuck indoors, having to Rest even more than usual.

Careful re-emergence needed today, so that I can build-up to a busy start of term on Monday.

#LongCovid #Teacher

KubiosHRV 87% READINESS. RMSSD 78ms

RMSSD graphed for the past week. Increasing daily and a big increase this morning.

Feeling AMAZING - It must be a #ParasympatheticSwing morning 😆

Yes indeed:

The #KubiosHRV app is using my very high RMSSD value to report a High (87%) Readiness for the day ahead...

Interesting! Today I'm experiencing another #ParasympatheticSwing...

EliteHRV app says Readiness of 7 out of 10. Bias towards Parasympathetic nervous system

Slight signs of a #ParasympatheticSwing today (first thing on Monday morning) on the #EliteHRV app.

Using this as an early-warning, so I'll be avoiding all exertion today.

Careful #Pacing on all timescales, to avoid debilitating #PEM associated with my #LongCovid 🙏

Looking Stable 4 out of 5

My fortnightly half-day Wednesday at work

'Early Warning System' suggesting that I'll hardly use any #Visible_health PacePoints this morning, as my HR will probably stay low. Overexertion is a real threat during these #ParasympatheticSwing s

Visible Health says 'Stable'...

Parasympathetic Activity very high. Readiness of 2 out of 10

Piecing it all together using my third morning check-in via #EliteHRV it becomes clear 👇

My early warning system is complete 🙏

Avoiding #LongCovid #PostExertionalMalaise symptoms via #micropacing and by noticing a #ParasympatheticSwing while I still have time to act 🙏

85% High Readiness

With #LongCovid and the risk of my #PEM symptoms returning, when I wake up feeling like I have all the energy in the World...

...I often notice a precursory #ParasympatheticSwing

Woke up at 5am feeling SO Ready. The #KubiosHRV app noticed my jump in HRV (Heartrate Variability) 👇

EliteHRV Readiness of 7 out of 10 but with a clear imbalance

...the #EliteHRV app shows a hint of #ParasympatheticSwing 👇

In my experience, my heartrate will be lower than usual today, 'enticing me' to overexert.

Looking forward to an easy day; I'll certainly be active - but I'll take care to Pace myself, even if it feels unnecessary 🙏

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Starting to think that I can better-identify a #ParasympatheticSwing 🤔

It's Saturday morning, after a very busy working week, when I've had to REST *HARD* to keep within my various 'Energy Envelopes' and THIS 👇 seems to be a noticeable pattern...

Woke up early, FULL of energy

Visible Health pacepoints graph for the past 2 weeks. Enormous overexertion on Wednesday in particular

EliteHRV app says Parasympathetic activity dominating. 4 out of 10 Readiness

Visible Healtj 'Slightly Out Of Balance' with HRV very high and Resting HR very low

I felt so tired that I went to bed really early on Friday evening; I'm in a *textbook* #ParasympatheticSwing.

1. Wednesday (& Thursday) overexertion - See #VisibleHealth PacePoints graph below 👇

2. HRV elevated, Resting HR very low ( #EliteHRV and #VisibleHealth apps agree) 👇

Imbalance towards Parasympathetic nervous system activity

I like that the #EliteHRV app gives a visual indication of this slight #ParasympatheticSwing 👇

EliteHRV 10 out of 10 Readiness. Body in balance between sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems.

Checking my #KiActiv smartwatch (movement) data for last Wednesday and Thursday, I exceeded my nominal '4000 calories' on both days - Only by a couple of hundred calories.

I reckon my body had a #ParasympatheticSwing reaponse yesterday (2 days on).

Anyhow, Saturday was Restful 😊

Sunday 👇