Turn on cycle tracking
HRV and resting heart rate shift across a menstrual cycle. Share your period days from Apple Health and your coach reads those numbers in the context of your cycle, instead of mistaking a normal change for poor recovery.
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If you have a menstrual cycle, Protocol can read your period days from Apple Health. HRV and resting heart rate shift across a cycle, so your coach reads them in the context of yours instead of mistaking a normal change for poor recovery.
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Open Cycle tracking
Tap More, then Settings. Under Coach, tap Cycle tracking.
Don't see it? It appears once Apple Health is connected, unless Health lists your sex as male. Connect Apple Health first.
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If you have a menstrual cycle, Protocol can read your period days from Apple Health. HRV and resting heart rate shift across a cycle, so your coach reads them in the context of yours instead of mistaking a normal change for poor recovery.
What it readsPeriod days (menstrual flow) from Apple Health. Nothing else from cycle tracking.OptionalOff unless you turn it on, and you can turn it off any time in the Health app.Connect in Apple HealthApple Health will ask you to allow it. You can leave it off, and nothing else changes.9:41 - 2
Connect in Apple Health
Tap Connect in Apple Health. Apple Health asks for one thing, Menstrual Flow. Switch it on and tap Allow.
The page shows Connected. From then on, your coach takes your cycle into account when it reads your HRV, resting heart rate and recovery.
SettingsCycle tracking
If you have a menstrual cycle, Protocol can read your period days from Apple Health. HRV and resting heart rate shift across a cycle, so your coach reads them in the context of yours instead of mistaking a normal change for poor recovery.
What it readsPeriod days (menstrual flow) from Apple Health. Nothing else from cycle tracking.OptionalOff unless you turn it on, and you can turn it off any time in the Health app.Connect in Apple HealthApple Health will ask you to allow it. You can leave it off, and nothing else changes. ConnectedTo change what Protocol can read, open the Health app, tap your profile picture, then Apps, then Protocol.Don't AllowHealth AccessAllow“Protocol” would like to access your Health data.
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