Dr Ben King 🌍
@benking01.bsky.social
Long Covid & PE recovery.
GeographyTeacher.
Sustainability & Climate Change.
BSc Env Science & Physics (Stirling).
Soil Erosion PhD & Geog PGCE (Exeter).
Tuba player.
Devon, UK.
GeographyTeacher.
Sustainability & Climate Change.
BSc Env Science & Physics (Stirling).
Soil Erosion PhD & Geog PGCE (Exeter).
Tuba player.
Devon, UK.
Trying to pay for parking by phone sometimes uses more #VisibleHealth pacepoints and is *always* more stressful than either weight training at the gym, or running for 5 minutes on a treadmill 🤔
It often times-out as I try to verify my payment via the bank.
Frustrating 😑
It often times-out as I try to verify my payment via the bank.
Frustrating 😑
November 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Trying to pay for parking by phone sometimes uses more #VisibleHealth pacepoints and is *always* more stressful than either weight training at the gym, or running for 5 minutes on a treadmill 🤔
It often times-out as I try to verify my payment via the bank.
Frustrating 😑
It often times-out as I try to verify my payment via the bank.
Frustrating 😑
& that's despite running for longer than usual, within my two 5-minute Treadmill sessions. It felt so easy & I felt light as a feather 😆
Checking-in with my #KiActiv smartwatch (movement) data, I've used 26 minute of today's 60 minutes of 'Moderate' exertion quota.
& 1 min of 'Vigorous' exercise 🙏
Checking-in with my #KiActiv smartwatch (movement) data, I've used 26 minute of today's 60 minutes of 'Moderate' exertion quota.
& 1 min of 'Vigorous' exercise 🙏
November 25, 2025 at 12:36 PM
& that's despite running for longer than usual, within my two 5-minute Treadmill sessions. It felt so easy & I felt light as a feather 😆
Checking-in with my #KiActiv smartwatch (movement) data, I've used 26 minute of today's 60 minutes of 'Moderate' exertion quota.
& 1 min of 'Vigorous' exercise 🙏
Checking-in with my #KiActiv smartwatch (movement) data, I've used 26 minute of today's 60 minutes of 'Moderate' exertion quota.
& 1 min of 'Vigorous' exercise 🙏
I used to burn through 8-10 #VisibleHealth PacePoints in my weekly gym sessions. Now I use just a handful of PP.
RESTING properly in-between each activity allows my HR to return to a resting pace and I barely work-up a sweat.
Maintaining #strength #mobility and #cardio fitness despite #LongCovid
RESTING properly in-between each activity allows my HR to return to a resting pace and I barely work-up a sweat.
Maintaining #strength #mobility and #cardio fitness despite #LongCovid
November 25, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I used to burn through 8-10 #VisibleHealth PacePoints in my weekly gym sessions. Now I use just a handful of PP.
RESTING properly in-between each activity allows my HR to return to a resting pace and I barely work-up a sweat.
Maintaining #strength #mobility and #cardio fitness despite #LongCovid
RESTING properly in-between each activity allows my HR to return to a resting pace and I barely work-up a sweat.
Maintaining #strength #mobility and #cardio fitness despite #LongCovid
November 25, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Oh yes! (Tues)Day Off and couldn't be better rested nor more Stable and In Balance 👇
Weekly gym session (will take it easy, as ever)
Playing Christmas Carols in #Totnes Market Square this evening 😄
#EliteHRV #VisibleHealth
Weekly gym session (will take it easy, as ever)
Playing Christmas Carols in #Totnes Market Square this evening 😄
#EliteHRV #VisibleHealth
November 25, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Oh yes! (Tues)Day Off and couldn't be better rested nor more Stable and In Balance 👇
Weekly gym session (will take it easy, as ever)
Playing Christmas Carols in #Totnes Market Square this evening 😄
#EliteHRV #VisibleHealth
Weekly gym session (will take it easy, as ever)
Playing Christmas Carols in #Totnes Market Square this evening 😄
#EliteHRV #VisibleHealth
Tuba playing can be RESTFUL.
End of tonight's rehearsal and I'm back on track; in-line with my daily #VisibleHealth pacesetter 🙏
#Pacing works - I'm living my life and avoiding the debilitating #PEM associated with my #LongCovid 😊
End of tonight's rehearsal and I'm back on track; in-line with my daily #VisibleHealth pacesetter 🙏
#Pacing works - I'm living my life and avoiding the debilitating #PEM associated with my #LongCovid 😊
November 24, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Tuba playing can be RESTFUL.
End of tonight's rehearsal and I'm back on track; in-line with my daily #VisibleHealth pacesetter 🙏
#Pacing works - I'm living my life and avoiding the debilitating #PEM associated with my #LongCovid 😊
End of tonight's rehearsal and I'm back on track; in-line with my daily #VisibleHealth pacesetter 🙏
#Pacing works - I'm living my life and avoiding the debilitating #PEM associated with my #LongCovid 😊
...but I'm always keen to check-in with my *MOVEMENT* data from #KiActiv - via my separate Smartwatch; this confirms that, despite having had such a busy working day, I've only moved around 'Moderately' for 26 minutes.
My aim is to avoid exceeding 60 minutes per day, so I've paced it OK 🙏
My aim is to avoid exceeding 60 minutes per day, so I've paced it OK 🙏
November 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
...but I'm always keen to check-in with my *MOVEMENT* data from #KiActiv - via my separate Smartwatch; this confirms that, despite having had such a busy working day, I've only moved around 'Moderately' for 26 minutes.
My aim is to avoid exceeding 60 minutes per day, so I've paced it OK 🙏
My aim is to avoid exceeding 60 minutes per day, so I've paced it OK 🙏
Continous heartrate monitoring is *SO* useful when working out what works!
Sometimes I regain a RESTING heartrate simply by sitting in the driver's seat of my car 🙏
HT #VisibleHealth
Sometimes I regain a RESTING heartrate simply by sitting in the driver's seat of my car 🙏
HT #VisibleHealth
November 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Continous heartrate monitoring is *SO* useful when working out what works!
Sometimes I regain a RESTING heartrate simply by sitting in the driver's seat of my car 🙏
HT #VisibleHealth
Sometimes I regain a RESTING heartrate simply by sitting in the driver's seat of my car 🙏
HT #VisibleHealth
Leaving work after Department planning meeting. I'm now 'just' 5 Pacepoints ahead of my #VisibleHealth Pacesetter...
Mondays of this week of the two-week timetable are pretty intense and also LONG...
Lots of RESTING needed before tonight's Band rehearsal 🙏
Day off tomorrow.
#LongCovid #Pacing
Mondays of this week of the two-week timetable are pretty intense and also LONG...
Lots of RESTING needed before tonight's Band rehearsal 🙏
Day off tomorrow.
#LongCovid #Pacing
November 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Leaving work after Department planning meeting. I'm now 'just' 5 Pacepoints ahead of my #VisibleHealth Pacesetter...
Mondays of this week of the two-week timetable are pretty intense and also LONG...
Lots of RESTING needed before tonight's Band rehearsal 🙏
Day off tomorrow.
#LongCovid #Pacing
Mondays of this week of the two-week timetable are pretty intense and also LONG...
Lots of RESTING needed before tonight's Band rehearsal 🙏
Day off tomorrow.
#LongCovid #Pacing
Hard to pace when teaching 5 groups across different parts of the school building.
It's now 3pm and I have an hour of marking and planning ahead of me - reclining on the comfy seats in the staff room 🙏
6 #VisibleHealth PacePoints ahead of my daily pacesetter, so I need to get back on-track.
It's now 3pm and I have an hour of marking and planning ahead of me - reclining on the comfy seats in the staff room 🙏
6 #VisibleHealth PacePoints ahead of my daily pacesetter, so I need to get back on-track.
November 24, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Hard to pace when teaching 5 groups across different parts of the school building.
It's now 3pm and I have an hour of marking and planning ahead of me - reclining on the comfy seats in the staff room 🙏
6 #VisibleHealth PacePoints ahead of my daily pacesetter, so I need to get back on-track.
It's now 3pm and I have an hour of marking and planning ahead of me - reclining on the comfy seats in the staff room 🙏
6 #VisibleHealth PacePoints ahead of my daily pacesetter, so I need to get back on-track.
...and I've noticed that #KubiosHRV 'Normal' Readiness further indicates a more easily-paced day ahead 👇
Low #KubiosHRV Readiness tends to match with Sympathetic Swings.
Ridiculously High #KubiosHRV Readiness can match with Parasympathetic Swings, very low HR and very high HRV.
Low #KubiosHRV Readiness tends to match with Sympathetic Swings.
Ridiculously High #KubiosHRV Readiness can match with Parasympathetic Swings, very low HR and very high HRV.
November 24, 2025 at 6:40 AM
...and I've noticed that #KubiosHRV 'Normal' Readiness further indicates a more easily-paced day ahead 👇
Low #KubiosHRV Readiness tends to match with Sympathetic Swings.
Ridiculously High #KubiosHRV Readiness can match with Parasympathetic Swings, very low HR and very high HRV.
Low #KubiosHRV Readiness tends to match with Sympathetic Swings.
Ridiculously High #KubiosHRV Readiness can match with Parasympathetic Swings, very low HR and very high HRV.
...leading to Balance ( #EliteHRV) and Stability ( #VisibleHealth) at 6am on Monday morning 🙏
Using these two apps together gives me greater confidence in my Readiness for this busy Monday ahead... [continues...]
Using these two apps together gives me greater confidence in my Readiness for this busy Monday ahead... [continues...]
November 24, 2025 at 6:37 AM
...leading to Balance ( #EliteHRV) and Stability ( #VisibleHealth) at 6am on Monday morning 🙏
Using these two apps together gives me greater confidence in my Readiness for this busy Monday ahead... [continues...]
Using these two apps together gives me greater confidence in my Readiness for this busy Monday ahead... [continues...]
Sunday morning.
Despite being 'In Balance' according to #VisibleHealth, my resting heartrate is slightly elevated and my Heartrate Variability has dipped slightly.
Both of my other apps suggest Sympathetic Nervous System ('Fight Or Flight') dominance 👇
Early warning heeded - Even more REST today.
Despite being 'In Balance' according to #VisibleHealth, my resting heartrate is slightly elevated and my Heartrate Variability has dipped slightly.
Both of my other apps suggest Sympathetic Nervous System ('Fight Or Flight') dominance 👇
Early warning heeded - Even more REST today.
November 23, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Sunday morning.
Despite being 'In Balance' according to #VisibleHealth, my resting heartrate is slightly elevated and my Heartrate Variability has dipped slightly.
Both of my other apps suggest Sympathetic Nervous System ('Fight Or Flight') dominance 👇
Early warning heeded - Even more REST today.
Despite being 'In Balance' according to #VisibleHealth, my resting heartrate is slightly elevated and my Heartrate Variability has dipped slightly.
Both of my other apps suggest Sympathetic Nervous System ('Fight Or Flight') dominance 👇
Early warning heeded - Even more REST today.
Source of the River Lemon, which drains the eastern side of Haytor Rocks and rhen heads to the Teign Estuary via Newton Abbot.
#Dartmoor #Devon #GeographyTeacher
#Dartmoor #Devon #GeographyTeacher
November 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Source of the River Lemon, which drains the eastern side of Haytor Rocks and rhen heads to the Teign Estuary via Newton Abbot.
#Dartmoor #Devon #GeographyTeacher
#Dartmoor #Devon #GeographyTeacher
Panoramic views of the two main rocky outcrops
November 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Panoramic views of the two main rocky outcrops
November 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
November 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Of course, I'd been lying down for 16 hours beforehand 😄
Not enough time for my body to overexert.
Few #VisibleHealth pacepoints (PP) used today, as a result and more than 10 PP behind my daily pacesetter 🙏
Not enough time for my body to overexert.
Few #VisibleHealth pacepoints (PP) used today, as a result and more than 10 PP behind my daily pacesetter 🙏
November 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Of course, I'd been lying down for 16 hours beforehand 😄
Not enough time for my body to overexert.
Few #VisibleHealth pacepoints (PP) used today, as a result and more than 10 PP behind my daily pacesetter 🙏
Not enough time for my body to overexert.
Few #VisibleHealth pacepoints (PP) used today, as a result and more than 10 PP behind my daily pacesetter 🙏
Just climbed #HaytorRocks for the first time in years - Very slow pace and stick-seat used every few metres 🙏
Kept my heartrate under control (my buzzer alert at 130bpm didn't go off at all!)
#Pacing to avoid #LongCovid #PEM and actually enjoying life, doing things again that I've been missing 😊
Kept my heartrate under control (my buzzer alert at 130bpm didn't go off at all!)
#Pacing to avoid #LongCovid #PEM and actually enjoying life, doing things again that I've been missing 😊
November 22, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Just climbed #HaytorRocks for the first time in years - Very slow pace and stick-seat used every few metres 🙏
Kept my heartrate under control (my buzzer alert at 130bpm didn't go off at all!)
#Pacing to avoid #LongCovid #PEM and actually enjoying life, doing things again that I've been missing 😊
Kept my heartrate under control (my buzzer alert at 130bpm didn't go off at all!)
#Pacing to avoid #LongCovid #PEM and actually enjoying life, doing things again that I've been missing 😊
Body is genuinely 'In Balance' - #EliteHRV confirmation 👇
#Pacing to maintain this Balance between Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Nervous Systems and to avoid overexertion; I don't want my #LongCovid #PEM symptoms to return!
#Pacing to maintain this Balance between Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Nervous Systems and to avoid overexertion; I don't want my #LongCovid #PEM symptoms to return!
November 22, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Body is genuinely 'In Balance' - #EliteHRV confirmation 👇
#Pacing to maintain this Balance between Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Nervous Systems and to avoid overexertion; I don't want my #LongCovid #PEM symptoms to return!
#Pacing to maintain this Balance between Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Nervous Systems and to avoid overexertion; I don't want my #LongCovid #PEM symptoms to return!
Saturday morning.
In two and a half years of daily #VisibleHealth morning check-ins, I've never experienced such 'Stability' for fourteen days in a row 🙏
I must be doing something right.
Just need to avoid the viruses that are circulating all around me - #COVID19 #FLU... I am vaccinated 😊
In two and a half years of daily #VisibleHealth morning check-ins, I've never experienced such 'Stability' for fourteen days in a row 🙏
I must be doing something right.
Just need to avoid the viruses that are circulating all around me - #COVID19 #FLU... I am vaccinated 😊
November 22, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Saturday morning.
In two and a half years of daily #VisibleHealth morning check-ins, I've never experienced such 'Stability' for fourteen days in a row 🙏
I must be doing something right.
Just need to avoid the viruses that are circulating all around me - #COVID19 #FLU... I am vaccinated 😊
In two and a half years of daily #VisibleHealth morning check-ins, I've never experienced such 'Stability' for fourteen days in a row 🙏
I must be doing something right.
Just need to avoid the viruses that are circulating all around me - #COVID19 #FLU... I am vaccinated 😊
Almost 11pm. Full-on day, but paced myself so very carefully 🙏
Within my #VisibleHealth daily PacePoints budget (based on heartrate across the whole day) ✔️
#KiActiv (movement) total energy use under 4000 cal ✔️ and total 'Moderate' movement limited to exactly one hour - my nominal daily 'limit' 🙏
Within my #VisibleHealth daily PacePoints budget (based on heartrate across the whole day) ✔️
#KiActiv (movement) total energy use under 4000 cal ✔️ and total 'Moderate' movement limited to exactly one hour - my nominal daily 'limit' 🙏
November 20, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Almost 11pm. Full-on day, but paced myself so very carefully 🙏
Within my #VisibleHealth daily PacePoints budget (based on heartrate across the whole day) ✔️
#KiActiv (movement) total energy use under 4000 cal ✔️ and total 'Moderate' movement limited to exactly one hour - my nominal daily 'limit' 🙏
Within my #VisibleHealth daily PacePoints budget (based on heartrate across the whole day) ✔️
#KiActiv (movement) total energy use under 4000 cal ✔️ and total 'Moderate' movement limited to exactly one hour - my nominal daily 'limit' 🙏
8:15pm Thursday
I was ahead of my #VisibleHealth Pacesetter for much of the day, following an unexpected car-scraping episode before work; my heartrate was raised and I didn't manage to get it down until a pause in tonight's Parents' Evening.
I've rested HARD.
At orchestra now and ALL IS GOOD 🙏
I was ahead of my #VisibleHealth Pacesetter for much of the day, following an unexpected car-scraping episode before work; my heartrate was raised and I didn't manage to get it down until a pause in tonight's Parents' Evening.
I've rested HARD.
At orchestra now and ALL IS GOOD 🙏
November 20, 2025 at 8:20 PM
8:15pm Thursday
I was ahead of my #VisibleHealth Pacesetter for much of the day, following an unexpected car-scraping episode before work; my heartrate was raised and I didn't manage to get it down until a pause in tonight's Parents' Evening.
I've rested HARD.
At orchestra now and ALL IS GOOD 🙏
I was ahead of my #VisibleHealth Pacesetter for much of the day, following an unexpected car-scraping episode before work; my heartrate was raised and I didn't manage to get it down until a pause in tonight's Parents' Evening.
I've rested HARD.
At orchestra now and ALL IS GOOD 🙏