Hiya folks, just picked up a Garmin Forerunner Plus 45, mainly for the body battery and to help me manage my return to fitness.
Little background, 4 months ago I was taken seriously ill with covid and hospitalised for around 3 weeks. Only in the last 6 weeks have I started walking again, and can now drive and walk for around 15-20 minutes for exercise.
One issue i've struggled with is anxiety and fear of relapse (it happened early on, although seems unlikely now)
I've found that my HRV, although improving, is still relatively low, so recharging my body battery through the day is impossible!! Even overnight is tricky, if I have a bad nights sleep.
However, I tend to feel better than my battery indicates.
I suspect the battery is draining to 10 by the end of the day, simply because pretty much any activity makes my HRV drop. After exercise its usually around 10-20, and even resting its in the mid 20s. Occasionally it jumps to 50, on rest days, but as soon as I exert it drops.
Prior to all this illness, I was a decent 5k runner for my age of 49 at the time, and could run it in about 28 - 25 minutes. I cycled and hiked too.
I wonder, have any others been in a situation similar? How have you found the body battery?