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46 short videos, 35 min 36 s in all: how the app works, and the science behind each number, one study at a time. Captions, no sound. 34 of them sit on the topic page they explain; the rest are here alone.

How Verve works

What the app does, screen by screen. · 6

Introducing Verve30 s · captions, no soundYouTube →
Getting started: download Verve and sign in59 s · captions, no soundYouTube →
Every threshold, one search24 s · captions, no sound
The Guide: win, next, body14 s · captions, no sound
The Guide, explained (Pro)54 s · captions, no sound
Verve feature of the day: The Guide2 min 9 s · captions, no sound

Fitness

Your fitness as a number, and what the number is worth. · 7

What is cardiorespiratory fitness?29 s · captions, no sound · Cardiorespiratory fitness
Fitness is a vital sign. Yours is probably not on file.49 s · captions, no sound · Cardiorespiratory fitness
A tier, not a score14 s · captions, no sound · Cardiorespiratory fitnessYouTube →
One MET14 s · captions, no sound · METs vs MET-hours
When should you retest your fitness?56 s · captions, no sound · Test your CRF
My watch said 10.9. The run said 8.7.29 s · captions, no sound · How accurate each test is
METs first, estimates labelled16 s · captions, no sound · How accurate each test is

Movement

How much, how hard, how often, and the rest of the day. · 12

No goal line, just flags14 s · captions, no sound · Weekly volume
Exercise, prescribed: the 2026 ACC statement (part 1, the dose)1 min 25 s · captions, no sound · Weekly volumeYouTube →
Exercise, prescribed: the evidence and wearables (part 2)1 min 30 s · captions, no sound · Weekly volumeYouTube →
Your Zone 2 is yours14 s · captions, no sound · Zone 2 training
Polarised training: what is the 80/20 rule?1 min 15 s · captions, no sound · Zone 2 trainingYouTube →
Strength gets its own column14 s · captions, no sound · Strength training
Strength training: how much is enough to live longer?1 min 12 s · captions, no sound · Strength trainingYouTube →
How Verve reads a workout59 s · captions, no sound · A workout, as Verve reads it
A racing heart isn't a workout16 s · captions, no sound · A workout, as Verve reads it
Walking pace14 s · captions, no sound · Steps & cadence
Your longest sit14 s · captions, no sound · Movement balance
Does an hour of activity cancel eight hours of sitting?44 s · captions, no sound · Movement balance

Sleep and heart

What the watch reads while you sleep and in the minute after you stop. · 6

Resting heart rate and 1-minute recovery54 s · captions, no sound · The morning read
Sleep regularity14 s · captions, no sound · Sleep timing
Seven hours or eight? Duration, regularity and Verve59 s · captions, no sound · Sleep timing
Resting heart rate against your normal14 s · captions, no sound · Resting heart rate
Heart rate recovery: the line is 1214 s · captions, no sound · Heart rate recovery
Heart rate variability: your own baseline, not a population number1 min 35 s · captions, no sound · Night HRVYouTube →

Body

The markers, their bands, and what to repeat when. · 9

ApoB14 s · captions, no sound · Heart health
Lp(a): test it once14 s · captions, no sound · Heart health
Cholesterol: the 2026 guideline makes LDL the target1 min 2 s · captions, no sound · Heart healthYouTube →
Glucose rises last: insulin and HOMA-IR29 s · captions, no sound · Body phenotyping
Prediabetes: can lifestyle stop diabetes?32 s · captions, no sound · Body phenotypingYouTube →
Is there a safe limit to blood pressure?39 s · captions, no sound · Body phenotyping
Blood pressure: is a target under 120 worth it?48 s · captions, no sound · Body phenotypingYouTube →
Grip strength14 s · captions, no sound · Muscle health
Intrinsic capacity: what you can still do54 s · captions, no sound · Intrinsic capacity

The wider picture

The studies behind the field, read one at a time. · 6

Built slowly, prevented daily: lifestyle and ASCVD56 s · captions, no sound
Heart CT scans: can a scan prevent heart attacks?45 s · captions, no soundYouTube →
Heart attacks: how much does each risk factor matter?2 min 38 s · captions, no soundYouTube →
Heart plaque: can you exercise too much?2 min 19 s · captions, no soundYouTube →
Smoking: quitting at any age gives years back1 min 9 s · captions, no soundYouTube →
Marathon running: low cardiac risk. Know two things.1 min 25 s · captions, no soundYouTube →