I think there is no unit or specific measurement of the allostatic load, so that you do it on an invented scale for the specific study or for yourself. I would handle it like the perceived stress value you can attach to a run (for example on Strava).
I think your Garmin is always right 😄 I’ll keep you updated, but I’m sometimes lazy on daily tasks like keeping track of things or journaling. So hopefully I find a good way to track the allostatic load 🙈
I am also bad at journaling manually, but I trust a lot on the data, which my Garmin fenix 7 and other devices gather. Since I got covid for the second time in last October and had serious Postcovid issues I realized by analyzing the collected data, that the measured stress has always been relatively high, even before the covid infection. It’s a long story, but to put it short: I finally realized that I got also into a kind of burnout over the last years and that I have to take care of a good balance of stress and relexation.
So my question is: how does the stress level, that garmin watches gather the whole day and the HRV by night relate to allostatic load?
That's a good question - had the same thought on my mind, but got no real answer. Maybe that is something for Marco Altini: https://marcoaltini.substack.com/
This is really interesting Jens, but I'm a bit confused as to how an individual can simply and regularly calculate their allostatic load? From the information I can find it looks as if calculating this is far from a simple process - is there any more detail as to how Nicklas Rossner calculates where he is on his scale of 1-5?
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I think there is no unit or specific measurement of the allostatic load, so that you do it on an invented scale for the specific study or for yourself. I would handle it like the perceived stress value you can attach to a run (for example on Strava).
Ok, cool. I’d be interested to know how you get on with it.
Got to be a better way than my Garmin shouting at me to move 10 minutes after my long run!!
I think your Garmin is always right 😄 I’ll keep you updated, but I’m sometimes lazy on daily tasks like keeping track of things or journaling. So hopefully I find a good way to track the allostatic load 🙈
I am also bad at journaling manually, but I trust a lot on the data, which my Garmin fenix 7 and other devices gather. Since I got covid for the second time in last October and had serious Postcovid issues I realized by analyzing the collected data, that the measured stress has always been relatively high, even before the covid infection. It’s a long story, but to put it short: I finally realized that I got also into a kind of burnout over the last years and that I have to take care of a good balance of stress and relexation.
So my question is: how does the stress level, that garmin watches gather the whole day and the HRV by night relate to allostatic load?
That's a good question - had the same thought on my mind, but got no real answer. Maybe that is something for Marco Altini: https://marcoaltini.substack.com/
Found this study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5637028/#:~:text=Allostatic%20load%20and%20heart%20rate%20variability%20(HRV)%20are%20examples%20of,between%20their%20respective%20analytical%20methodologies.
😂 Not so sure about that!!
I’m terrible at journaling, if it wasn’t for Strava I don’t even think I’d keep track of my mileage
This is really interesting Jens, but I'm a bit confused as to how an individual can simply and regularly calculate their allostatic load? From the information I can find it looks as if calculating this is far from a simple process - is there any more detail as to how Nicklas Rossner calculates where he is on his scale of 1-5?