The Importance of HRV
Monitoring HRV with easy to use technology is common for sports coaches tracking well-being, recovery, sleep and stress. It is also excellent for learning how to relax and meditate and often used in coaching and therapy to teach these skills to others.
Having an understanding of Heart Rate Variation is an important part of our mBIT Coach training programs because we use it to monitor successful application of "Balanced Breathing" which aligns the overall activity of the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) and balances the Sympathetic & Parasympathetic systems.
Heart Rate Variability (HRV) goes beyond the measurement of Heart Rate (the average number of heart-beats per minute) because it measures the specific changes in time between successive heart-beats. This variation between heart beats (the HRV) is measured in milliseconds and isn't noticeable without a suitable measuring device and yet, when known, it provides significant information and feedback about an individual.
For example it will show whether the individual’s body is under stress from physical and/ or psychological factors or coping well and/ or recovering well from such factors. In other words HRV measures the body’s natural ability to manage stress regardless of whether that stress is due to physical exertion or psychological challenges.
At a physiological level the HRV measurement gives us a window into the workings of the Autonomic Nervous System and the balance between the Sympathetic and Para-Sympathetic nervous systems. This, in turn, can give very useful information about the general health and well-being of the individual being measured.
HRV performance can be improved by learning breathing techniques and these are taught as part of the mBIT Coach toolkit.
Having an understanding of Heart Rate Variation is an important part of our mBIT Coach training programs because we use it to monitor successful application of "Balanced Breathing" which aligns the overall activity of the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) and balances the Sympathetic & Parasympathetic systems.
Heart Rate Variability (HRV) goes beyond the measurement of Heart Rate (the average number of heart-beats per minute) because it measures the specific changes in time between successive heart-beats. This variation between heart beats (the HRV) is measured in milliseconds and isn't noticeable without a suitable measuring device and yet, when known, it provides significant information and feedback about an individual.
For example it will show whether the individual’s body is under stress from physical and/ or psychological factors or coping well and/ or recovering well from such factors. In other words HRV measures the body’s natural ability to manage stress regardless of whether that stress is due to physical exertion or psychological challenges.
At a physiological level the HRV measurement gives us a window into the workings of the Autonomic Nervous System and the balance between the Sympathetic and Para-Sympathetic nervous systems. This, in turn, can give very useful information about the general health and well-being of the individual being measured.
HRV performance can be improved by learning breathing techniques and these are taught as part of the mBIT Coach toolkit.
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