Marc Gasol, 3-Time NBA All-Star, talks improving his diet, sleep and recovery, avoiding unnecessary strain, and everything else he does to continue playing at an elite level.

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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 January 2019

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Marc Gasol, 3-time NBA All-Star, discusses his basketball background (2:57), falling asleep and missing his name being called on draft night (4:52), having an older brother in the league (6:03), things he's doing to extend his career (7:28), avoiding unnecessary strain (11:32), why he uses WHOOP (12:55), recovery tactics (13:50), training advice for young athletes (23:30), role models (27:45), following a paleo diet (29:06), fasting with a "16:8" method (29:45), and what caused his lowest WHO...

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0:00.0	We discovered that there were secrets that your body was trying to tell you that could really help you optimize performance.
0:10.6	But no one can monitor those things.
0:12.9	And that's when we set out to build the technology that we thought could really change the world.
0:19.6	Welcome to the WOOP podcast. I'm your host, Will Ahmed, founder and CEO of Woop, where we are
0:25.6	on a mission to unlock human performance. At WOOP, we measure the body 24-7 and provide
0:32.3	analytics to our members to help improve performance. This includes strain, recovery, and sleep. Our clients range for
0:40.5	the best professional athletes in the world, to Navy Seals, to fitness enthusiasts, to Fortune 500
0:46.1	CEOs and executives. The common thread among WOOP members is a passion to improve. What does it
0:52.0	take to optimize performance for athletes, for humans,
0:55.5	really anyone? We're launching a podcast to dig deeper. We'll interview experts and industry
1:01.2	leaders across sports, data, technology, physiology, athletic achievement, you name it.
1:07.9	My hope is that you'll leave these conversations with some new ideas and a greater
1:12.6	passion for performance. With that in mind, I welcome you to the WOOP podcast.
1:22.4	Doing the work before practice, doing the work after practice, obviously getting your
1:27.0	hour's sleep. Now,
1:29.3	you know, they monitor everything we do. On the court, all our movement, all our loads.
1:35.1	It's been monitored by the NBA, by our team. So you kind of know, so nothing comes out of nowhere.
1:47.4	Today's guest is Mark Gassal, three-time NBA All-Star Center for the Memphis Grizzlies.
1:53.3	Mark has been a whoop user for quite some time, and at 34 years old, is having one of the best seasons in recent memory.
2:00.2	We talk about his background coming from Spain to the NBA, what he's learned from having
2:04.4	an older brother in the league, players he looks up to and models himself after, and even
2:09.9	a funny story about falling asleep before the NBA draft.
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