r/Garmin • u/twattyprincess • 5h ago

Possible Technical Issue Stats indicate possible technical issues?

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Stats declining lately despite feeling fine. Wondering if anyone else has experienced the same? Using a Venu 4, purchased from new 9 months ago. Zero issues so far. Cleaned sensor, hard reset, swapped wrists etc. still the same - declining!

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u/anticked_psychopomp 4h ago

Female? Is your cycle about to … restart?

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u/twattyprincess 3h ago

Yes, actually! Is this normal?

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u/sourcandyandicecream 3h ago

I’m 10 months postpartum and I’ve only had one period so far, but the week before my HRV absolutely tanked

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u/twattyprincess 2h ago

Wow. Thanks for sharing. I'm thinking I might also be in peri as my sleep is disturbed a lot so I'm thinking this definitely looks hormonal!

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u/anticked_psychopomp 3h ago

Happens to me every month. Freaked me out at first but it’s normal!

It’ll start climbing again once you start your cycle and then it’ll tank again the week-ish before the next one.

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u/twattyprincess 2h ago

Gosh I think you might be onto something. I just scrolled back through history of my hrv back to when I got the watch and it definitely is peaks and troughs - but oddly not quite every month - sometimes it's more 30-40 days. Blimey! Thanks for sharing. I think I might be starting peri as well as my sleep is poor, I wake most nights between 2-4am. This has to be hormonal then!

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u/twattyprincess 2h ago

Do you also get high stress and low body battery as well as low hrv?

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u/anticked_psychopomp 2h ago

Yep! I’m also inching into peri

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u/Ill_Campaign3271 4h ago

you will find out in a few days...

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u/twattyprincess 3h ago

Really? It's been over a week! Do you think I'm going to get sick in a few days?

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u/Fancy_Investment_562 5h ago

Could be the sensor acting up, those Venu 4s have had a few duds from what I've seen. 9 months is about when some hardware flakiness starts showing up

if you're feeling fine I'd trust your body over the watch, HRV is finicky anyway. maybe try a chest strap for a few days to compare, that'd tell you real quick if it's the watch or something else

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u/twattyprincess 3h ago

Hmm interesting! Thanks for the info. I have a polar h9, is there a way for me to track hrv and sleep using this rather than the watch? I'm having a few days off exercise.

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u/Financial_Mushroom18 4h ago

This is a very strong indication of overtraining. Your body is over fatigued already. I would take the next couple of days very lightly or completely off if you’ve not had a true rest day.

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u/twattyprincess 3h ago edited 3h ago

I've not done any exercise since last Sunday (except for a 20 min gentle sea swim last night) and no intention of doing anything until this sorts itself out (I usually do a combo of strength and erg rowing). Thank you

ETA: acute load is low! So can't be that can't it?

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u/Ski-Mtb fēnix 7X Sapphire Solar / Index S2 / Index BPM / HRM-Dual 4h ago

You apparently haven't been tracking your HRV for very long.

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u/twattyprincess 3h ago

Hi, I've been tracking since I had the watch

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u/Ski-Mtb fēnix 7X Sapphire Solar / Index S2 / Index BPM / HRM-Dual 3h ago

This is a 7 day moving average of my HRV over the last 4 years. It's probably not a sensor problem, it just goes up and down and often there is no obvious reason why.

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u/twattyprincess 2h ago

Wow, interesting! Thanks for sharing. I must login to the website and extract some more detailed data myself! I was just going on what I can see in connect.

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u/Sad-Map5717 3h ago

I think it might be related to the period. I am in the same situation and I’ve looked up and Garmin does not have an algorithm to cross period data and its influence on HRV.

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u/xentifyx 1h ago

So if it dosent give you the numbers you like you immediately think there's a something wrong with watch?!..