It’s safe to say that those of us wearing the best fitness trackers are getting more and more addicted to our data, especially daily readiness scores. I myself wake up every morning and immediately open the Oura Ring app to check my sleep data, closely followed by the Natural Cycles app to track my reproductive cycle.

In a world dominated by wearable technology, I often wonder if we’ve gone too far. Do we know too much? At a recent Optimum Nutrition event at McLaren HQ, I listened to a panel of health and fitness experts discuss what metrics they actively hide from athletes — I was surprised to learn that daily readiness or recovery scores were one of them.

It got me wondering which metrics actually matter when it comes to recovery and overall well-being, and whether we place too much em

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