Recovery Score Explained: Understanding Recovery Capacity
Learn which signals feed My Bio Age’s Recovery Capacity score, why it can be missing and how to read a change without treating it as exercise clearance.
By My Bio Age
Recovery Capacity is a daily wellness score that summarises available recovery-related measurements. It can make several records easier to review together, but it does not directly measure every part of recovery or determine whether exercise is safe.
Five components, several data sources
The calculation starts with heart-rate recovery information and can add context from resting heart rate, HRV and sleep. Its component names describe model inputs, not separate clinical tests.
- Immediate recovery uses recent recorded heart-rate recovery values.
- Extended recovery compares recovery values with resting heart rate information.
- Overnight recovery considers recent resting heart rate and sleep information.
- HRV trend compares shorter and longer windows of available HRV records.
- Consistency describes variation in recorded recovery information.
Some inputs are optional. The weighting adapts to available information, so two days with different coverage may not be directly comparable. The score’s confidence and coverage matter alongside its numerical value.
Why might Recovery be missing?
The current calculation needs recent heart-rate recovery data. If that input is absent, other measurements such as sleep and HRV alone may not produce a Recovery score. Start by checking the dashboard’s data information and the relevant records in Apple Health. Missing data is not the same as poor recovery.
Reading a change
Suppose your score falls after a week with several missing recordings. First check whether coverage changed. If coverage is comparable, inspect the individual signals and consider your own context. The app cannot know every illness, medication, training stressor or symptom that may matter.
A high score is not permission to ignore fatigue or pain. A low score is not a diagnosis of overtraining. Use the trend alongside your experience and any professional guidance relevant to you.
How Recovery relates to the Index
Recovery Capacity is also one of the inputs available to the weekly MyBioAge Index™. The daily Recovery result and weekly Index answer different questions and use different aggregation. A daily change need not immediately change a stored weekly Index.
Open the Recovery detail view to review the available history. The AI Coach can offer a selected explanation using local facts, but neither feature establishes what caused a change or whether a treatment is working.
Explore the Recovery and Training Load dashboard.
See your Recovery history alongside the measurements that contribute to it. Download My Bio Age free on the App Store. The iPhone app is completely free, with no in-app purchases, subscription or account required. Health analysis stays on your iPhone, and the optional AI Coach runs fully on device after a model download.