Pro athletes and coaches discuss how alcohol impacts their bodies and their training, as well as the insights they’ve gained from WHOOP data, in a Sober October compilation episode.

WHOOP Podcast

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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

🗓️ 22 October 2019

⏱️ 33 minutes

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In a special Sober October compilation episode: NBA champ Marc Gasol says WHOOP helps him understand alcohol's effect on sleep (3:19)Gold medalist Ginny Thrasher details how even small amounts impact her data (6:15)Pro street skater Neen Williams credits getting sober for extending his career (7:33)Nike master trainer Kirsty Godso believes sleep deprivation is worse than a hangover (15:50)Pro golfer Scott Stallings notes that your body metabolizes some types of alcohol better than others (18:...

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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 could monitor those things.
0:13.2	And that's when we set out to build the technology that we thought could really change the world.
0:19.1	Welcome to the Whoop podcast.
0:21.5	I'm your host, Will Ahmed, founder and CEO of Whoop, where we are on a mission to unlock
0:27.5	human performance.
0:29.6	At Whoop, our clients range from the best professional athletes in the world to Navy Seals,
0:34.3	to fitness enthusiasts, to Fortune 500 CEOs and executives.
0:41.3	The common thread among Woop members is a passion to improve. What does it take to optimize performance for athletes, for humans, really anyone?
0:46.3	And now that we've just launched all-new WOOP-Strap 3.0,
0:50.3	featuring WOOP Live, which takes real-time training and recovery analysis to the next level,
0:57.0	you're going to hear how many of these users are optimizing their body with Whoop and with other things in their life.
1:05.1	On this podcast, we dig deeper.
1:07.2	We interview experts.
1:08.4	We interview industry leaders across sports, data, technology, physiology, athletic achievement.
1:13.9	You name it. How can you use data to improve your body? What should you change about your life?
1:19.9	My hope is that you'll leave these conversations with some new ideas and a greater passion for performance.
1:25.5	With that in mind, I welcome you to the Whoop podcast.
1:32.8	And that's even getting into alcohol. Like when someone asked me when I go drink, what do I
1:37.5	drink? I'm like, I'll drink beer, gasoline. Like what are you serving? Like to each is
1:41.5	like it. It doesn't matter. I'm not, I'll drink tequila because I like it.
1:44.2	It's gluten-free, great.
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