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WHOOP Podcast

Study shows training based on WHOOP recovery improves performance, reduces injury

WHOOP Podcast

WHOOP

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

4.6690 Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

On this week’s episode, we cover the results of Project PR, a study in the value of using the WHOOP recovery metric to guide your training. This study showed that runners who used the recovery score to help determine their daily training load over an 8-week period improved their times significantly and sustained fewer injuries than those who used a static training program. WHOOP VP of Data Science and Research Emily Capodilupo and WHOOP Marketing Manager of Women’s Performance and Running All...

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0:00.0

Hello, folks. Welcome back to the WOOP podcast. I'm your host, Will Amit, founder and CEO of WOOP,

0:10.6

where we are on a mission to unlock human performance. That's right. Woop builds wearable technology

0:17.5

to measure strain and recovery and sleep and really to help you improve your health.

0:22.1

You can check that out at whoop.com.

0:24.2

You can get 15% off of WOOP membership if you use the code Will Ahmed, WI-L-L-A-H-M-E-D.

0:31.1

All right, on this week's episode, we cover the results of Project PR, a study in the value of using WOOP recovery data to guide your training.

0:41.5

We partnered with Trachsmith and Outside Magazine to examine how using Woop Recovery can help

0:47.7

runners optimize their performance. And what we found is pretty remarkable. This study showed

0:53.2

that runners who used the recovery score, that's right, the whoop recovery

0:57.0

from zero to 100 percent, red, yellow, green, to help determine their daily training load

1:02.0

over an eight-week period, improve their time significantly, and sustained fewer injuries

1:08.5

than those who used a static training program.

1:12.0

Who better than to tell you about all this research,

1:14.6

but our VP of data science and research,

1:17.7

Emily Capitaluco, back on the podcast,

1:20.3

and she is joined by Woop Marketing Manager of Women's Performance and Running,

1:25.0

Allison Lynch.

1:26.4

They sit down with world-class runner, Mary

1:28.7

Kane of Tracksmith, to discuss everything about this program and what we've learned from it.

1:33.8

Mary was a world junior champion in the 3,000 meters and was the youngest person to ever represent

1:39.5

the United States at the world championships. She also made headlines in 2019 with a New York Times

1:45.1

op-ed that detailed what she described as a culture of emotional and physical abuse during

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