Elite Recovery & Resilience: Lucy Davis on Training, HRV, and Mental Strength

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Recovery, Health, Life Sciences, Data, Optimize Performance, Science, Hrv, Fitness, Wearable, Health & Fitness, Sports, Strain, Whoop, Sleep

4.6 • 690 Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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On this week’s episode of the WHOOP Podcast, WHOOP Global Head of Human Performance, Principal Scientist Dr. Kristen Holmes sits down with Lucy Davis, HYROX athlete, ultra-marathon runner, and content creator. Lucy shares the fitness, wellness, and recovery strategies that power her elite performance, including how she maintains a high HRV, rebounds from intense strain, and keeps her WHOOP Age under 18. Lucy opens up about her training strategy, mental health journey, and mission to empower w...

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0:00.0	I started posting on socials because I didn't have anyone's look up to.
0:03.9	I didn't expect this to happen.
0:05.9	I want women to know that they're capable of more and it looks different for everyone.
0:10.0	It could be starting running or it could be running 100 miles.
0:13.1	Getting into high rock to all the gym, I don't care what it is.
0:15.5	You can be strong and still feminine.
0:20.9	Lucy!
0:21.9	I'm so excited.
0:23.1	I'm actually so excited to be here.
0:24.7	Well, I'm so excited.
0:25.9	So excited to talk to you.
0:27.3	I think it's very rare to have someone who really practices what they preach.
0:32.5	And it sounds so cliche, but the whole kind of recovery lifestyle has literally been a feature of your entire life.
0:39.6	Honestly, I won't speak about it so much and it's very difficult to depict it all on
0:44.2	social media in a singular post.
0:46.8	That's why I love podcasts so much.
0:49.1	And I definitely seem to have a very rapid recovery.
0:54.9	Having senior data. the amount of strain you put on your body.
1:00.0	I mean, you're averaging 18 strain in a day.
1:03.0	And your ability to recover and rebound from that is, so when you think about the load that you put on your body, okay, over the course of a day,
1:11.5	you're training sometimes four hours a day.
1:13.4	So in order to rebound in the way that you are, your other 20 hours of the day literally
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