During covid I really got into heart rate tracking while working out. I didn't have much else going on, and I figured it would be a fascinating hobby to learn more about it. I got into the metrics.

When I caught covid, it was measurable and immediately discernible according to my heart rate monitor. It took me 7 months for my heart to heal. The weird thing is that I felt as good as ever a couple weeks after, I wouldn't feel out of breath I wouldn't feel like headed, but my heart rate mid work out and not come down.

Workouts I could do before covid, and now will be the equivalent of a quarter of the load on my heart during my recovery. The really weird part was that some days I would be just fine, and the next day I would be all over the place. It was completely random, and I was never able to figure out a pattern

If I wasn't tracking my heart rate so closely, I never would have noticed, and I would say that I felt better than ever. It makes me wonder about long-term effects for other people who weren't paying as close attention. It was discernible and quantifiable the difference on my body during those seven months.