Women’s health is notoriously underfunded, under-researched and under-appreciated – to that, Whoop says no more. Why should our anatomy, hormone cycle, or menstrual phases be such a nightmare to navigate? Now, it’s offering up a rather handy solution.
What is Whoop?
First things first, for those whose knowledge of ‘Whoop’ extends only to using the term as simply a euphoric exclamation, let me intro you to Whoop the noun.
Whoop calls itself a ‘human performance company’, and it’s fast become synonymous with fitness, wellness and a dedication to disciplined, intentional living. Worn around the wrist, the Whoop itself (when worn 24/7, with a 14-day battery life, FYI) links to a mobile app, where the health platform includes an FDA-cleared ECG, a Healthspan longevity feature, blood pressure insights, and Advanced Labs blood biomarker analysis. In layman’s terms? The Whoop provides unparalleled insight across sleep, recovery, strain, fitness, and longevity.
In fact, research shows that people who regularly wear their Whoop log more than 90 minutes of exercise per week, get over two extra hours of sleep, and have higher heart rate variability. It might not be a medical term, but in my vernacular this is what’s known as a ‘win-win’ situation.
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Whoop, women's health and Natural Cycles
According to their brand’s stats, cisgender women represent a growing share of new Whoop members, markedly proving precisely what we all already know: we want more (and reliable) insight into our bodies.
Well, it comes as a relief then that Whoop has just announced a ground-breaking partnership with the cycle tracking app Natural Cycles – and not a moment too soon. Natural Cycles, for those who haven’t heard of it, is the first NDA-approved birth control app, offering women a much-needed alternative to the numerous hormonal and invasive contraceptive options out there right now.
How does it work? Natural Cycles helps you gain insight into cycles – and therefore the likelihood of conceiving via temperature monitoring. Which, until now, was taken and entered manually into the app itself. However, integrating with Whoop, Natural Cycles is able to leverage the device’s 24/7 health insights by seamlessly accessing the Whoop wearer’s overnight skin temperature, empowering members with daily fertility status insights in the Natural Cycles app.
The intro offer and how to get started
In celebration of this partnership’s launch, those who sign up for a Whoop membership through this integration will receive one year of a Natural Cycles subscription at no extra charge. For those already firmly on the Whoop train, the integration is currently available for users with Whoop MG and 5.0 devices.
Once you have onboarded both Whoop and Natural Cycles, compatible Whoop devices automatically capture overnight skin temperature data, eliminating the need for manual daily tracking. This means that fertility, hormones and all manner of cycle behaviour have never been so effortless to track – and about time too.
It’s also worth noting that both Whoop and Natural Cycles make a point of assuring their users and customers that they both remain committed to the highest standards of privacy and data security, working to ensure that your personal and sensitive health information is managed with care and consideration.
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