WHOOP, Oura, Garmin: they all tell you the number. None of them tell you what to do with today's session. A three-question read for low-score mornings.
Every wearable is great at the measurement and quiet at the decision. A 34% recovery morning hands you a number and leaves the actual question, what do I do with today, entirely to you. Here is the three-question read that turns a score into a call.
One: why is it low?
A low score with an obvious cause (late night, hard double, travel day, a drink) is a different animal than a low score out of nowhere. Explained lows are usually a modify day. Unexplained lows, especially two or three in a row, are the ones worth respecting hard, because that pattern is how illness and overreach announce themselves.
Two: what does today's session actually cost?
Sessions are not equal. An easy aerobic hour on a low day is usually fine and often helps. The high-cost stuff (sprint work, heavy singles, intervals at threshold) is where a low-recovery day turns into a lost week. The question is not train or don't. It is which version of today survives the score.
Three: what does tomorrow need?
If tomorrow is the key session of the week, today gets easier no matter what the score says. If tomorrow is off, you can spend a little more today. Zoom out one day and most low-score decisions make themselves.
Obeo runs this read for you every morning: it sees the score, the cause, and the week ahead, then texts you the version of today that fits. No dashboard, no interpretation homework. Text it for free and see tomorrow morning.