Avatar photo

Locke Hughes

Locke is Head of Health Content at Oura. She’s a health journalist, health coach, and author of Melatonin: The Natural Supplement for Better Sleep. Locke has worked and written for publications including Shape, WebMD, Women’s Health, Greatist, Well+Good, NBC News, Oprah Daily, HuffPost, ThriveGlobal, and many more.

What Is the Average HRV?

While there's no single "optimal" HRV score for any gender or age group, we do see certain patterns for average HRV in Oura member data.

1 2 3 7