Illness Tracking for Better Recovery Context

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I think Whoop would benefit greatly from an illness tracking feature. When we’re sick (cold, flu, fever, etc.), our recovery metrics change dramatically - lower HRV, higher resting HR, poor sleep quality - but Whoop currently treats these as unexplained variations.

Adding an “illness” tag would help:

  • Provide context for unusual recovery scores

  • Adjust recommendations appropriately (suggesting rest vs. training)

  • Track recovery patterns during and after illness

  • Improve long-term data accuracy

This would make Whoop’s coaching much more personalized and realistic during times when our bodies are fighting infections.

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Hey @CorentinL,

Thanks for sharing your feedback on illness tracking, strength trainer improvements, and microdose tracking. We love hearing from members. It really helps shape what comes next. I’m passing everything along to the product team.

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You can track “Sickness” in your Daily log - just like you can track “alcohol” or similar. I just found that recently so possibly it’s a recent update. I used to use Covid-19 as a proxy for being sick! I had a cold recently and so now “Sickness” is a minus 3% on my recovery insights.

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