The Emergence and Benefits of Zone 2 Training with Paul Laursen

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4.6 • 690 Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2023

⏱️ 63 minutes

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On this week’s episode, WHOOP VP of Performance Science, Principal Scientist, Kristen Holmes is joined by author and endurance coach Paul Laursen. Paul is the Co-Founder and CEO of HIIT Science, the Co-Founder and Head of Product for Athletica, and co-host of the Training Science Podcast. Not only has he published over 150 scientific manuscripts and had his work cited more than 15,00 times, but he’s also competed in 17 Ironman triathlons. Kristen and Paul will discuss how Paul got started tra...

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0:00.0	What's up, folks?
0:04.3	Welcome back to the WOOP podcast, where we are on a mission to unlock human performance.
0:10.6	I'm your host, Will Ahmed, founder and CEO of WOOP.
0:14.5	Got a great episode this week.
0:16.5	Woop VP of Performance Science and Principal Scientist, Kristen Holmes, is joined by author and endurance coach Paul Larson.
0:25.3	Paul is the co-founder and CEO of Hit Science, the co-founder and head of product for
0:30.3	Athletica, and co-host of the Training Science podcast.
0:35.1	Not only has he published over 150 scientific manuscripts and had his work cited
0:40.5	more than 15,000 times, but he's also completed in 17 Ironman Triathlons. He's a guy who practices
0:48.8	what he preaches. Kristen and Paul discuss Paul's transition from competing in triathlons to becoming a
0:55.8	premier performance coach. The different cardio zones give an in-depth look into each zone and
1:02.5	what methods to train in them. So those of you looking at your activity details after a workout,
1:08.8	you can see the different zones. The emergence of zone two cardio training.
1:14.6	This is where you can burn the most fat and see significant weight loss. How to say balance with your
1:20.5	training and how you can use technology to monitor your VO2 max when training.
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