Base Building Physiological Response
Back with another base building (TB II version) physiological review via some whoop data. I’ve been wearing the whoop for over 5 years now, so it’s pretty dialed when it comes to deviations above or below baseline for me. And I think the trend views offer some unique insight.
Started BB week 1/day 1 on Monday 6/1 and just finished week 5, SE priority first. Weekly LSS has been minimum 2 LSS runs, with either a hike with the wife on the weekend or another LSS run. I followed the weekly progression of 30/40/50/60/45 min runs.
You can see pretty clearly the HRV has been trending up, and the RHR has been trending down these last 5 weeks. Every time I run BB, I’m reminded how quickly and effectively it can produce some really quality changes.
I’ve included my monthly trends for total sleep and sleep consistency to show that neither has changed much over this period. I’d say the improvements in HRV and RHR are more closely associated with BB than with getting more sleep or maintaining more consistent sleep and wake times.
I also included the uptick in restorative sleep, not much only 12 mins, but this could be a possible benefit of all the LSS work and the break from heavy barbells for a few weeks.
Normally I’d go right into a Fighter protocol, with 2 HICs and 1 E per week for the last 3 weeks of BB for TB II. But with the revamped ideas on BB in TB III, I think I’ll head right into one of the many versions of an operator protocol and get back to business.
I hope your next base building provides the same benefits it seems to always provide me. Cheers everyone!