508: Underrated health metrics you shouldn’t ignore | Will Ahmed, founder of WHOOP

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Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 23 October 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

“If you eat within three hours of bedtime, that will negatively impact your sleep and recovery data," says Will Ahmed. Will, the founder and CEO of WHOOP, joins us to discuss all things recovery and performance (including HRV, sleep, alcohol, and more), plus: - Why HRV is critical for your health (~00:49) - How to measure resting heart rate by decade (~03:20) - Why respiratory rate is key (~08:26) - The importance of blood oxygen levels (~10:53) - How to assess skin temperature (~12:18) - How to increase your HRV (~13:35) - How meal timing impacts your HRV (~16:39) - How THC affects your recovery (~20:03) - Zone 2 training & how to exercise for weight management (~23:21) - The health perks of pickleball (~30:23) - How to optimize your sleep (~32:24) - How to actually measure sleep quality (~35:49) - How sharing a bed can impact recovery (~39:15) - What we can learn from the highest performing athletes (~41:18) - How to compare your data to the general health population (~46:45) - The future of health metrics for women (~48:32) Referenced in the episode: - Start your 30-day free trial with WHOOP. - Check out the WHOOP Journal. - Shop blue light glasses. - Learn more about WHOOP Coach. - Sign up for The Long Game. We hope you enjoy this episode sponsored by WHOOP, and feel free to watch the full video on YouTube! Whether it's an article or podcast, we want to know what we can do to help here at mindbodygreen. Let us know at: podcast@mindbodygreen.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the My Buddy Green podcast. I'm Jason Walkab, founder and co-ceeo of My Buddy Green and your host.
0:07.0	This episode of the MBG podcast was created in partnership with Whoop.
0:12.0	For the last three years, I've counted on my whoop
0:14.6	wearable to track by sleep, strain, recovery, and health. Right now it's on my
0:19.7	risk collecting data that will help me make better decisions tomorrow and it's the
0:25.4	wearable that I find myself recommending all the time to those looking to take their
0:30.1	well-being to the next level and gain actionable insights. But Whoop has recently launched a new
0:36.8	groundbreaking feature that I've been using, Whoop Coach. This AI-powered tool takes my goals, my unique biometric data, and the latest performance science to generate personalized advice.
0:50.0	All I have to do is open my Woop app and ask Woop Coach anything, like how's my sleep compared to others my age?
0:55.8	Or why am I so tired today?
0:58.2	As a result, I get highly personal insights and actionable feedback right at my fingertips.
1:04.4	Who doesn't want their very own coach?
1:07.0	Unlock your one month free trial with Whoop today.
1:10.3	Just look for the link in our show notes.
1:18.0	So with all that said, I am so excited to have Will Ahmed, the founder and CEO of Wu on the show to talk about all things recovery and performance.
1:24.6	We cover heart rate variability, resting heart rate,
1:27.4	sleep, alcohol, and zone two training,
1:30.1	which is all the rage these days,
1:32.0	and how the wearable space continues to evolve.
1:35.6	This is a must listen episode for anyone interested in up-leveling their fitness.
1:41.9	So the first thing I do when I wake up before, you know,
1:46.8	well, the main state's actually the second thing.
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