Calibrate: a wearable + app for champions
Most fitness trackers and training apps are designed for the general population. Performance athletes are edge cases making these other trackers essentially useless for their training and fitness needs.
Calibrate is designed for these high-performance athletes – the marathon runners, pro cyclists, and Olympians. Using a combination of a continuous wear wristband and mobile app, athletes are provided deep insights regarding their resting heart rate, heart rate variability, sleep, and caloric needs.
role
design research | UI | prototyping | usability testing
Scope, research + insights
How might we enable female, performance athletes to better understand their bodies physiological states, allowing them to reach their full potential?
Who
Female, performance athletes - those training for specific sports and goals instead of just general fitness
Why
Most fitness trackers and training apps are for the general population - performance athletes are edge cases. Female performance athletes are especially unique - menstruation greatly impacts training, racing, and recovery.
How
Using scoring methods that encompass heart rate variability (HRV)*, resting heart rate (RHR), sleep, and the menstrual cycle, scores determine how close an athlete is to her peak performance.
Using these metrics enables women to understand their recovery level, a useful tool in injury prevention, and a predictor of optimal performance.
Interviewees
professional cyclists | amateur cyclists | CrossFit competitors | amateur triathletes
