u/AdDue6706

First, I'll admit it could just be that I'm becoming disillusioned with the product I found so revolutionary 2 years ago. However, I'm noticing a couple of things that seem to be "off" as of late:

1). Sleep. At one point after first using, the sleep detection seemed to improve. Recently, it seems to have reverted back to inaccurate detecting. I don't know if this is a sensor issue (upgraded to 5.0 a few months ago) or if it's reverted back.

I worked in IT Support for a couple of decades, and would notice with Apple, issues that were previously solved would come back in major upgrades. If was as if they forgot to update the base cde that they built upon. I am wondering if this is the same issue.

2. The AI has gotten comically worse. I have learned not to rely on the WHOOP coach, but don't put it out there with such egregious issues. Blame it on ChatGPT, but after being firmly told several time yesterday that I was running "hot" from stress (most which was derived from sleep which it had a hard time differentiating) and to NOT try to reach my strain after a weekend of travel and minor alchohol consumption (I don't drink any other time), it then scolded me that night for having such a low strain for the past 7 days and that my sleep would most likely suffer.

I get it, I don't have to use it, but why offer something that had gotten so bad you can't even use it? It doesn't look good for your product. I am hoping that WHOOP is reading these posts so they can see that their shift from athletic training to general health tracking metrics is going to drive a lot of us away.

Still looking for something that isn't bulky (I don't want to wear a huge watch all the time), that is either an all-in-one, or that I can pair with a Garmin that I use just for workouts so I can track HR.

Open to suggestions on that one.

Well, I never thought it would happen but after 2+ years whoop I have finally found myself looking for an alternative. How can that be? It is the reason I stopped drinking and started getting enough sleep. The estimated VO2 max made me get back into endurance training again just to see if I could get it even higher and home in full-fledged competition mode, which has been a mental savior. So many great things have come from it and there are things I still want to track of course. But here are my gripes:

1). Some days doesn't show a strain target. No it's not critical, but it's nice when I'm trying to make sure I don't overtrain. There's nothing I can do to make it appear.

2). The WHOOP coach. I thought it was great at first, and then I found myself a line on it far too much for my athletic goals. I keep wanting to go back and get more insights, but then I'm never happy with them. Also, after you've had a workout, it's still trying to tell you what you've been doing that day completely ignoring that you've already worked out. Probably because it could never figure out what time of day it is.

3). The constant notifications that are asking me to interact, but have no memory from other chats. I already told the coach that it was too cold to skate so I did a spin indoors, which is the data shows. Then I get a message two hours later asking me how my pack skate went. Then I'll get you another one with a similarly incorrect assumption.

Yes, I know I can turn those off, but it would just be nice for them to not be so disparate.

4. 5.0 in the far less accurate sensing of heart rate for activities. Many people have mentioned that they can't get their heart rate up, and it turns out to be issues with the sensor. in the two years, I had the 4.0 I never had an issue.

Am I being too picky? It's because I heard that there's a Garmin possibly on the horizon, which has me pining for that technology?

Any suggestions for an alternative that doesn't have a huge watch face? Or, any reasons why I should stick with it?

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For reference, I am a lean 57 YO woman. I have always been an athlete, but my eating has never been great. My cholesterol had been going up, and everyone in my family is on a statin, so I figured it was an inevitability. Our HDLs are genetically high, but unfortunately, LDLs climb with age. In the early 2020s, I was eating like crap and drinking way too much after the death of my husband. I was active, but not in athletic condition.

In 2024, I started eating better, cut down on drinking (maybe once a months) and trying to have less fatty desserts, but I was still getting up there.

Two years later, I tested again, assuming I'd have to start on a statin and was shocked at the results. I had no idea I could lower LDLs at my age with just diet.

Basically, I've only changed 3 things:

1. Oatmeal every morning, even when I travel. When I'm at home, it's sprouted oats with ground flax seed, hemp hearts, chia, bludberries and a tablespoon of almond butter. It is sooo good! That's close to the required fiber each day.
2. Cut down on saturated fat a bit. I was doing pretty well, actually, but my Factor meals had more than I thought.
3. Make sure I get some Omega 3 through my diet. I'm not obsessive about it, and probably don't get much more than I did when I tested in 2024, but I'm being more intentional.

I still eat out or get fast-ish food a couple of times a week, and when I travel about once a month I don't eat well (Taco John's potato ole's with sour cream), but I don't obsess about it and I refuse to have coffee without cream.

I try not to eat as much sugar, but I do go through phases where I eat a ton of chocolate - I was eating a LOT before my 2026 test.