Recovery score

A recovery score is a generic category of vendor-defined composite metrics. Each one tries to estimate how well your body has recovered from earlier strain. The branding differs by device. Whoop calls its score Recovery. Garmin uses Body Battery and Training Readiness. And Oura uses Readiness. The inputs commonly include your HRV, resting heart rate, breathing rate, sleep duration, and sleep stages. But the exact algorithms are proprietary. There is no scientific consensus on a standardized recovery score. So the values are not directly comparable across devices. Read them as vendor-specific trends, not as diagnostic measurements.

Last reviewed: June 22, 2026

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