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Apple just made life much harder for WHOOP

September 9, 2026 Ivan Jovin 4 min read

Apple is moving closer to WHOOP territory. With Readiness, Recovery HRV, Health Age and lab testing now built into its

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WHOOP’s muscle oxygen patent explains how it could see beyond the fat layer

September 8, 2026 Ivan Jovin 5 min read

WHOOP has another muscle oxygen patent. And this one gets into the really interesting bit, how you separate what is

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WHOOP is adding custom Journal behaviours and one-rep max estimates

September 5, 2026 Marko Maslakovic Firmware update 3 min read

WHOOP has a pretty big batch of new features lined up for the next few months. The Journal is getting

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WHOOP Movement Score could turn sitting time into another daily metric

September 3, 2026 Marko Maslakovic 3 min read

WHOOP may be about to give you another number to worry about, this time for simply sitting around too long.

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Whoop has an unreleased WM50 and one hardware detail stands out

August 27, 2026 Ivan Jovin Leaks 3 min read

Whoop has an unannounced device sitting in regulatory databases, and it has been there for a while. We first picked

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Whoop Meridian gives the 5.0 a titanium makeover

August 27, 2026 Ivan Jovin 2 min read

Whoop has launched Meridian, a new titanium mesh band for Whoop 5.0 and Whoop MG. It costs $149 and looks

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Yomif Kejelcha breaks half marathon world record wearing two fitness trackers

August 23, 2026 Marko Maslakovic 6 min read

Yomif Kejelcha has smashed the half marathon world record with a 56:51 run in Buenos Aires, and he did it

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Another WHOOP patent adds to the muscle oxygen picture

August 21, 2026 Marko Maslakovic 4 min read

WHOOP’s muscle oxygen work is starting to look a little less like an isolated patent and more like part of

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WHOOP opens Advanced Labs to people without the wearable

August 18, 2026 Ivan Jovin 3 min read

WHOOP is opening Advanced Labs to people who don’t have a WHOOP membership, removing one of the biggest restrictions around

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Why replacing the WHOOP or Garmin app is harder than it looks

August 11, 2026 Marko Maslakovic 3 min read

It seems every few days, another app pops up claiming it can free your Garmin, WHOOP or Oura from the

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Garmin CIRQA vs Whoop: One payment or a yearly subscription

July 28, 2026 Marko Maslakovic 16 min read

Garmin CIRQA is the better buy for existing Garmin users and anyone who wants detailed training metrics without another mandatory

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Best screenless fitness trackers compared for 2026

July 26, 2026 Marko Maslakovic 29 min read

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WHOOP could be taking its next health step into glucose monitoring

July 16, 2026 Ivan Jovin Leaks 4 min read

A newly published WHOOP patent application describes a wrist-worn system that could estimate glucose concentration without puncturing the skin, using

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I let Fitbit Air and Whoop automatically track the same 8km run

July 12, 2026 Marko Maslakovic 6 min read

Fitbit Air and Whoop are supposed to work in the background, so I decided not to help either of them.

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WHOOP explores automatic fit checks for future wearables

May 26, 2026 Marko Maslakovic 4 min read

WHOOP has been granted a new patent for a system that checks whether a wearable is sitting too loose, too