Your Readiness Score is not calculated against population averages. It is calibrated to what is biologically normal for you, based on your genetic profile.
Two members can have identical overnight readings and receive different Readiness Scores if their DNA indicates different personal baselines. That is intentional. It means your score reflects your biology, not an average.
Essential and Advanced members
Inflammation Risk Your genetic predisposition to systemic inflammation affects how quickly your body recovers after physical stress. Members with an above-average inflammation risk tend to have naturally lower HRV baselines and longer recovery windows. AlterMe Intelligence accounts for this when setting your benchmarks so your score measures recovery against your biological norm, not someone else's.
Stress and Anxiety Resilience The PDE4B gene influences how your nervous system responds to physical and psychological stress. Members with average resilience may experience larger HRV dips after high-stress periods than those with above-average resilience. Your score factors in this predisposition so a demanding week registers the way your biology actually experiences it.
Chronotype Your genetic chronotype — whether you are a morning or evening type — determines when your body's recovery processes peak during sleep. AlterMe uses your chronotype to contextualize your overnight biometric signals. An evening-type member going to sleep at midnight is assessed differently than a morning-type member with the same bedtime because optimal recovery windows differ between them.
Advanced members
Inflammation Management The full DNA analysis goes deeper on how your body controls systemic inflammation between training sessions, adding further precision to how your recovery signals are interpreted day to day.
Recovery Capacity The full DNA analysis includes your genetic recovery capacity — how quickly your muscles and nervous system are predisposed to rebound between training sessions. Members with lower genetic recovery capacity will see their Readiness Score respond more conservatively to high training loads.
Cortisol Regulation Genetic variants in cortisol regulation affect how long it takes your system to return to baseline after a stressor. AlterMe Intelligence factors this into how your overnight heart rate and HRV trends are interpreted.
Sleep Quality and Stress Resilience The full DNA analysis looks at genetic markers related to sleep architecture and mental recovery — how much restorative sleep your body is predisposed to generate and how well you rebound from training and life stress. These calibrate what good sleep and recovery look like for you specifically.
One important clarification
Your DNA does not override your biometric data. It informs the baseline your data is measured against. Your ring is the primary source of truth. DNA calibration makes that measurement more accurate.