Health & Fitness:Fitness
What Data tells us About Optimal Performance with WHOOP's Will Ahmed & Joe De Sena
Should you eat before bed? What’s the best time to train hard? What’s the simplest way to improve sleep? Can respiration rate changes identify COVID 19?
Three pillars: strain, recovery, and sleep are vital to succeeding peak performance says WHOOP founder Will Ahmed. We are all trying to become the healthiest versions of ourselves - yet there are some physiological indicators that can’t necessarily be felt but can be measured. In fact, groundbreaking data from WHOOP tracking enabled a PGA tour pro golfer to identify COVID before he had any known symptoms. Information is power, and in this interview, Ahmed shares data patterns gleaned from hundreds of thousands of users that you can implement today. Should you eat before bed? What’s the best time to train hard? What’s the simplest way to improve sleep? Will says- measurements can motivate!
LESSONS
- Develop a sense of curiosity
- Train optimally
- Use information as a preventative tool
- Strain, recovery & sleep are the three pillars
- Routines are key
- You can manage things you measure
- Measurements can motivate
- Sleep consistency is paramount
This episode is brought to you by Honey Stinger
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LINKS
https://www.whoop.com
TIME STAMPS
0:45 honeystinger.com intro
2:15 Continuous health monitoring
3:15 training optimally
4:15 cutting weight properly
5:15 the flintstone model
6:15 what you can measure & may not feel
7:15 research on covid-19
9:15 monitoring as a preventative tool
10:15 improving sleep
12:45 information as power
14:00 honeystinger.com break
15:00 what metrics they monitor
16:45 recovery levels
17:45 Whoop Journal
19:15 building a routine
22:15 measuring can motivate
23:15 resting is vital in recovery
25:00 green means go
27:30 Joe’s morning method
29:00 key tips
31:30 honeystinger.com close
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CREDITS:
Producer – Marion Abrams, Madmotion, llc.
Hosts: Joe De Sena
Sefra Alexandra, Johnny Waite & Colonel Nye send their regards :)
Production Assistant - Andrea Hagarty
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