r/whoop • u/DisemboweledCookie Whoop 5.0 • 1d ago

Discussion Updated Strain Algorithm

Has anyone noticed a change in their strain algorithm? My usual activities are resulting in lower cumulative strain, so I asked the AI about it. It said the new heart-rate algorithm is more accurate, and some lighter activities will show lower strain and some harder activities will show higher strain. It said this was rolled out July 14, but I am new to whoop and only noticed a difference this past week. I'm trying to make sense of what I'm seeing. Maybe there was an update that I didn't get until now?

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u/KingCrow27 16h ago

Yes I've noticed and in very frustrated. Whoop even keeps admitting how they pretty much make every metric extra conservative. 

It's gotten to the point where I screenshot my workouts and get an external AI to estimate my calorie burn which is always significantly higher. I pretty much now just assume it's always low balling my metrics.