A week ago I upgraded to the MG device. I’ve noticed that my strain scores have dropped for the same workouts I’ve been doing for years. 3 to 4 points less strain a day for identical workouts from recent workouts with my 4.0. I’m a founding member going back to 2018 so I can look at quite a bit of data on this. Has the calibration or something changed with how strain is calculated on the MG? Does anybody know?
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I recently upgraded as well and my daily calorie burn is fully 1000 calories fewer than the 4.0 calculated. These issues are one and the same is I suspect. Would love to hear from Whoop on the subject!
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I’ve had my Whoop mg since May 16th. The mg shows lower strain for activities, lower calories and fewer steps than my Whoop 4.0. In addition, the daily calories reported are very close to the estimated BMR from my InBody scans despite strain from activities, even when I enter data on the strength trainer.
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I switched to MG 5.0 on May 12 and my strain, calories and steps are considerably lower. I rely on these numbers as I am in a bodybuilding cut and my nutrition needs to follow their calorie metric. No way can I cut food to meet a deficit with the new 5.0 numbers. Have had email communications with WHOOP support. Something considerable has changed, their algorithms, and a response from them was we’re always changing and improving our algorithms. I am in the AI/Machine Learning/ biotech industry. We update algorithms, however, its best practice to notify your partners and client base when a new release has considerable impact. Perhaps, WHOOP was not aware of this issue before release. Does anyone know if they’ve sent out a product advisory?
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I have the same workout routine every week. My steps have gone 5-6k down compared to whoop 4 and the garmin I have. Calories are down 400-700 a day. Hr during workouts reads 20-40 bpm less, most of the time I just get a flat 90. I am actually going back to whoop 4 as of tomorrow. Whoop 5 is placed just as tight as my whoop 4 and in the same spot.
Please reply with your 4.0 results. I’ve had the same thoughts of trying that.
Changed it last night before I went to bed. It is only 7 pm and my step count is 12000 steps up. I do the same walk every Sunday, about 25k steps. My garmin registers 25k steps. My whoop 4 has 25k steps. Whoop 5 registered 13k steps. Same for calories. Whoop 4 and garmin are simillar. Whoop 5 was way off. Not sure what is wrong with the whoop 5. Whoop 4 has similar step count and calories as my garmin.
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Thank you for the info.
I am seeing similar discrepancies on calories. A lot lower than on my 4.0. I also have the MG device now.
Just glad I am not the only one. I am likely switching back to the 4.0 until this is fixed or at least clarified. Data is massivly skewed and so everything will be useless. Is it only strain, calories and steps? Or is sleep and recovery going to be impacted?
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I agree with all of you!! My strain and my step numbers have been significantly lower than the usual amount for similar activities. It is basically equivalent to a day of sitting still. I have adjusted my fit but still have not noticed a difference.
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Same here … strain and steps are significantly lower than they were with 4.0. Also, did anyone else notice that the sensor flickers and does not light up continuously while wearing the WHOOP 5.0?
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Exact same issues. Did anybody get an answer or a fix?
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I am actually relieved to see this. I am so frustrated by this and I am thinking I am done with whoop. How can I use this for my health when it appears to be unreliable and unexplained..
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Agreed Molly. Either my data has been wrong for the last 7 years since I started with Whoop or it is wrong now. Either way, I think we’ve been duped. I think the Whoop folks are tone deaf to this.
Same same same!! Calorie count SO much lower on 5. What’s the deal whoop team?