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WHOOP Podcast

Science of Winning, Part 2: Kristen Holmes and Mike Lombardi on building team culture, plus how to promote and enhance key performance traits like grit, character, intrinsic motivation, leadership, and self-concept clarity.

WHOOP Podcast

WHOOP

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

4.6690 Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2019

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

In Part 2 of Science of Winning, Kristen Holmes and Mike Lombardi discuss building team culture (3:53), assessing key performance traits (8:17), what it means to have grit (11:48), aligned organizational values (13:28), intrinsic motivation (16:16), self-concept clarity (19:51), leadership starting with self-rule (21:54), speaking once and listening twice (23:25), what is your superpower (24:55), sleep, recovery and fueling behavior (28:06), knowing your team (34:24), and defining core values...

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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 WOOP podcast.

1:32.2

Grit, for example, that's one of the key performance traits and behaviors. So if you're

1:35.7

exceeding standard in terms of your grit, you're resisting short-term temptations for long-term

1:40.5

gain. You've got a high degree of optimism, focus, and control. You've used setbacks as an opportunity for growth and learning. Maintains positive outlook and face of adversities.

1:47.9

And if you're below standard, you're giving up when things are tough. You display apathy in the

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