Planner inputs: Baseline physiology

These inputs help TRIPS build sensible defaults and baseline physiology assumptions.

For most users, the goal is not precision. It is realism.

Age

Use your real age.

In TRIPS, age mainly helps shape one of the built-in effort-anchor defaults.

That means this field matters most when you are relying on defaults rather than manually overriding advanced values.

Resting heart rate

Use a believable resting baseline, not the lowest number you have ever seen.

Good choice:

  • a normal well-rested value that represents you reasonably well

Poor choice:

  • an unusually low best-case number chosen because it feels more athletic

Body weight

Use the body weight that best represents the trip-planning period.

Good choice:

  • your likely actual body weight while preparing for or taking the trip

Poor choice:

  • an idealized future target weight
  • a stale number that no longer reflects you

Body fat

Use a reasonable estimate.

This is not a field where most users should chase precision. A plausible estimate is usually better than a false sense of exactness.

Base metabolic rate (BMR)

Start with the default unless you have a strong reason to override it.

Manual override is worth considering only when:

  • you have a more trustworthy personal estimate
  • the default value is clearly implausible for you

Best overall rule

Use the value that best represents the real user taking the real trip.

Do not turn these fields into identity statements or fitness aspirations.

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