Health Indicator Tracking      
Krauser PUA | February 11, 2021 | by krauserpua
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Reading that _Lifespan_ book, there was a particular paragraph that
inspired me. Sinclair predicted a near future in which we can wear
bands or sensors that will monitor our heartrate, blood, and sweat in
real time to feed the information into computer analysis that will
then provide early detection of imbalances, illness, and
life-threatening conditions. “That sounds like an easy way to keep
on top of your health markers” I thought.

The next day I walked past an electronics shop that had FIT BANDS in
the window. Oh, right. These things already exist! I remember seeing
Tom Xants [https://twitter.com/city_daygame?lang=en] wearing one a
year ago and chastising him for the obvious faggotry when he
could’ve had a chunky r-select watch instead. Well, 2021 is the YEAR
OF KRAUSER FAGGOTRY as evidenced by my use of Vitamin C facial serum
and an almost total ban on alcohol [1].

I investigated.

It quickly became clear there were essentially two types of fitness
tracker bands: watch-like expensive ones by recognised high street
brands, and cheap band-like ones by dodgy chinks. Naturally, I
favoured the latter. At least until I get a better idea of what info I
want. It seems they all do basically the same three things: pedometer,
heart rate monitor, sleep tracker. It’s the last of these that
interest me most now that I’m currently reading Matthew Walker’s
_Why We Sleep_. He lists so many health ramifications of poor sleep
that I felt I was developing Type 2 Diabetes and Insomnia just reading
it.

So, 2021 is the year Krauser optimises his sleep.

I bought this slanty cunt

After comparing all the chinky slant-bands on the internet and by
Serbian shop prices, I settled on the Xiaomi Smart Band 5 for a tidy
£35 _[2]_ and it had upgraded features from the Smart Band 4
(namely it can differentiate sleep types) and it matches my phone, a
Xiaomi Mi Somethingorother. I slapped the bastard on my wrist, synched
to the Mi Fit app and watched the magic happen.

Here’s my sleep data so far (open to get higher res image)

Fairly promising in terms of being in the better half of my peer group
and getting just about the recommended 20% REM sleep and 15%+ NREM
deep sleep. I also have the right profile, of getting most of my deep
sleep early and the REM sleep later in the night. It seemed rather odd
to me that a wrist band can track such things based on your wrist’s
pulse when scientists such as Walker use an ECG to measure brain waves
to detect the distinctive signatures of REM, deep, and light sleep. Is
this device accurate? Here’s a dorky kraut who actually compared my
band to the readings given by scientifically approved instruments:

His conclusion:

	* Pedometer is very accurate
	* Heart rate monitor is accurate for everything _except short bursts
of frenetic activity_, such as weightlifting. This is because it only
measures every minute rather than continuous, and thus can miss much
of the short spike in heart rate _[3]_
	* Sleep tracker undercounts REM and NREM Deep sleep. This is actually
great news because it means my sleep is _even better _than the Smart
Band registers.

The hun said he’ll do another more detailed comparison based on a
much longer sample size in a few weeks so I’m keen to see his
results. If the band is consistent in it’s sleep tracking error then
I can easily adjust for it. If, however, the errors are erratic then
it’s of limited use.

As for heart rate, I’m doing just great. My resting heart rate is
around 50bpm which puts me in the athlete level of fitness according
to experts _[4]_. The graph below shows a nice steady low beat when
I’m sleeping and then nothing too excitable when doing hard training
– though with the proviso that this Smart Band apparently fails to
capture some of the higher spikes.

High value, scientifically measured

So, everything looking pretty good so far but I wish to optimize.
I’m already looking into a few tweaks that I can talk about later

_Nothing optimises daygame better than my DAYGAME OVERKILL video
instructional series available here
[https://nickkrauser.mykajabi.com/offers/JqstihZT/checkout]. It
contains ten in-field recordings of me pulling hot skirt and detailed
analysis of what you see in them._

[1] Not to mention shagging.
[2] £26 on Amazon but you might as well be buying a lottery ticket
with Serbia’s postal service.
[3] That spike is indeed short on a fit cunt like me.
[4] A chart I found by Googling.

NOTE: in case you’re wondering about the stress levels, I’m doing
just great, thanks for asking.

Cool chill alpha vibe, yesterdau

 
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