Your non-dominant hand, about two inches above your wrist bone, is the best place to wear a Whoop Strap. Here, the wearable makes good contact with your skin and allow the optical heart rate sensors to work optimally.
There’s also the option to wear the band on your ankle, as long the heart rate monitor makes contact with your skin for proper health and fitness tracking. Other placement options are your forearm and biceps.
Is Whoop Band Ankle Placement Any Good?
Whoop ankle placement isn’t any better than wearing it on your wrist.
As long as you wear the band to a snug fit on your ankle, you won’t notice a difference on accuracy, as results tend to be almost the same when you wear the tracker on your wrist.
While Whoop is not an ankle fitness tracker, it’s easy to detach from its metal buckle, and it fits well in the brand’s smart apparel and in third-party ankle bands.
How to Wear Whoop Strap on Your Ankle
There are two ways to wear Whoop Strap on your ankle. You can use Whoop Body or buy an ankle band.
1. Use Whoop Body
Whoop Body, which is compatible only with the Whoop Strap 4.0, gives you the flexibility to wear the tracker in different positions for comfort and tracking.
Since the apparels come in different forms, the Whoop Body you choose will depend on where you want to wear the device. Placement options include wait, calf, torso, and ankle.
You get Whoop Body for free if you upgrade your Whoop membership to the pro plan. Whoop pro costs $12 a month in addition to your standard monthly subscription.
The other option is to buy the apparel at a standard price between $40 and $110, which is a good option if you don’t want additional financial commitment for Whoop membership.
2. Get an Ankle Band
Your second option is to buy an ankle band online or in your local fitness store. These are inexpensive, as the cost ranges between $10 and $15 in retail price.
The Fitbst Ankle Band, which retails at under $10 dollars, is a good example of a compatible ankle band for Whoop strap. It’s made of soft, lightweight fabrics, with a high degree of breathability, so you can wear it on your ankle all day without worrying about sweat or skin irritation.
Fitbst Ankle Band offers multiple snaps, not to mention it stays in position once placed to fit to give you accurate results from your activity tracking.
What’s the Best Ankle Position for Whoop Strap Fitness Tracker?
The best ankle position for the Whoop Strap fitness tracker is on the fibula. The fibula is a few inches below the calf muscle. This positioning ensures the sensors touch the skin for optimal optical heart rate tracking.
I’ve mentioned countless times on this platform that a fitness tracker should not be too tight or too loose.
Whoop can interfere with blood circulation and even cause ankle pain if it’s too tight, and it won’t give you the optimal tracking results you expect to see if it’s too loose.
So the best advice when it comes to placement is to ensure the band fits to a snug.
