Hello, folks. Welcome to the Whoop podcast. I'm your host, Will Ahmed, the founder and CEO of Whoop, and we are on a mission to unlock human performance. We build wearable technology to help you measure everything about your body. That includes strain and recovery and

sleep. It's lightweight, wearable technology, and the most accurate product on the market.

And if you're interested in a WOOP membership, you can use the code Will Amma, W-I-L-L-A-H-M-E-D for 15% off

your WOOP membership.

This week's guest is the amazing and thoughtful Sam Dancer, one of the best crossfitters in the world.

Sam has been a long time Woop member.

He was one of the first athletes to ever wear whoop.

So he's actually been on Woop for years.

And he was wearing Woop before we even had a consumer product. Now, I want to be very clear, Sam is not on the payroll. In fact,

we actually met for the first time when we recorded this. And he really loves whoop. I mean,

it's been awesome to hear him talk about his experience.

We recorded this episode in February at Watapalooza. The world has certainly changed since then,

and we are so excited for the CrossFit games next month. Sam and I discuss the evolution of CrossFit

over the last decade, how it's changed, why a self-described identity

crisis led him to the sport, his thoughts on how stress, emotions, love, and spirituality can

accelerate or slow down, recovery, and healing, and how he's used whoop to cut out prescription

drugs, coffee, and tobacco.

He's really used whoop, I think, to profoundly improve his lifestyle.

It's been amazing to hear about that.

So without further ado, here is Sam Dancer.

All right, boom, we are live from Miami, Water Palooza.

I'm here with Sam Dancer.

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