S6 E2: How wearables can optimize health and performance with Kristen Holmes

The Food Medic

Health & Fitness

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Kristen Holmes is the Vice President of Performance Science at WHOOP. She works with top researchers and hundreds of the best tactical, pro and collegiate athletes and teams in the world to optimize training, recovery and sleep. In addition to her extensive professional and academic background, Kristen was a 3x All American and 2x Big 10 Athlete of the year at the University of Iowa competing in both Field Hockey and Basketball. She was a 7-year member of the U.S. National Field Hockey Team and one of the most successful coaches in Ivy League history, having won 12 league titles in 13 seasons and a National Championship at Princeton University.This episode covers:- Kristen's extensive academic and sporting background- How she became interested in wearable technology - What makes WHOOP different to a fitness tracker or smart watch- New and exciting research that WHOOP is currently doing- Heart Rate Variability (HRV) and strategies to improve recovery- Nutrition, meal timing, and wearables - Insights into sex and gender differences when it comes to performance and recovery - Scientifically proven tactics to improve sleep- The most impactful changes we can start today to improve performance + everyday health.If you loved this episode make sure to give it a review, rating (hopefully 5 stars) and share it with your friends and family. instagram/twitter/facebook: @thefoodmedicwww.thefoodmedic.co.ukThis podcast episode is sponsored by WHOOP. Right now, you can get your first month free when you checkout through join.whoop.com/thefoodmedic Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Have you ever wondered what a sandwich sounds like?
0:03.0	Not much to it, is there?
0:06.0	Unless, of course, it's a Walker's sandwich.
0:10.0	Mmm, that is good.
0:13.0	Now that's what Asani should sound like.
0:16.0	Go all crisp in with walkers.
0:18.0	Delicious.
0:20.0	Hello and welcome back to another episode of the FoodMedic podcast. with walkers. Delicious.
0:24.6	Hello and welcome back to another episode of the FoodMedic podcast.
0:27.2	I'm your host as always, Dr. Hazel.
0:32.6	Thank you so much for your feedback on last week's podcast episode with James Clear.
0:38.3	It seems that all of you loved it just as much as I did, which wasn't a really big surprise, if I'm honest.
0:42.6	But if you missed it, make sure you go back and listen to it after this episode because there were a lot of great takeaways. But don't go anywhere just yet because I have an equally
0:47.5	great show lined up for you today. Our guest is Kristen Holmes, who is the vice president
0:52.3	of Performance Science at Woop.
0:56.3	Now, Woop are kindly sponsoring this season of the podcast, which I am incredibly grateful for
1:02.0	and very excited about. So when we set the partnership up, I asked if I could sit down with
1:06.9	Kristen and get really geeky about the science behind Woop and how we can enhance our
1:12.3	performance and recovery. Kristen works with top researchers and hundreds of the best
1:18.4	tactical pro and college athletes and teams in the world to optimize training, recovery and
1:25.3	sleep. In addition to our extensive professional and academic background,
1:29.9	Kristen was a three-time, All-American and two-Times Big Ten Athlete of the Year at the University of
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