Rebecca Hammond, Professional Spartan Racer, discusses the sport of obstacle course racing and how WHOOP has helped her become one of the world's best in such a short time.

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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

🗓️ 15 January 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Pro Spartan racer Rebecca Hammond talks about what the sport of OCR is and how she got into it (2:41), how WHOOP has modified her training habits (5:55), what she does to get out of a recovery rut (6:44), her views on napping and nutrition (7:33), how she optimizes her sleep (12:47), taking Ambien and pre-bed supplements (14:19), her pre-race mindset (16:53), the spear throw and other obstacles at the Spartan World Championships (18:21), race strategy and awareness of other competitors (25:25...

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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.
0:12.9	And that's when we set out to build the technology that we thought could really change the world.
0:18.8	Welcome to the Whoop podcast.
0:21.2	I'm your host, Will Ahmed, founder and CEO of Woop, where we are on a mission to unlock
0:27.2	human performance.
0:29.1	At Woop, our clients range from the best professional athletes in the world to Navy SEALs,
0:33.8	to fitness enthusiasts, to Fortune 500 CEOs and executives.
0:36.7	The common threat among
0:38.1	WOOP members is a passion to improve. What does it take to optimize performance for athletes,
0:43.1	for humans, really anyone? On this podcast, we dig deeper. We interview experts. We interview
0:48.9	industry leaders across sports, data, technology, physiology, athletic achievement, you name it. How can you use
0:55.9	data to improve your body? What should you change about your life? My hope is that you'll leave
1:01.0	these conversations with some new ideas and a greater passion for performance. With that in mind,
1:06.2	I welcome you to the Whoop podcast. Hey everybody, I'm Kristen Holmes, here to introduce Will's guest, Rebecca Hammond,
1:14.7	one of the world's top athletes in the sport of obstacle course racing.
1:18.2	Will spoke with Rebecca just prior to competing in the 2019 Spartan World Championships,
1:23.8	an event she finished fourth in.
1:25.9	Rebecca has experienced a remarkable ascension into the
1:29.0	upper echelon of obstacle course racing, despite taking up the sport only two years ago. On top of that,
1:35.0	she's also a recent graduate of Harvard Medical School. Will and Rebecca discuss her mindset before
1:40.5	a race and how she tackles obstacles in a way unique only to her, how Woop has
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