My career would have not been possible five years earlier or five years later.

I'm very aware of that.

And that's why I'm still pushing for that luck factor, because in that time, I was the last

photographer that did a behind-the-scenes photo kind of project before phones, Instagram,

whatever now stories are being told through the phones of the players.

And you don't need a photographer who's telling that story.

Like it was one of the last big sporting events where you didn't see the backstage story.

What's up folks? Welcome back to the Whoop Podcast.

I'm your host, Will Ahmed, founder and CEO of Woop. We're on a mission to

unlock human performance. If you think about joining Woop, visit Woop.com, sign up for a free 30-day

trial. That's a great deal. Speaking of great deals, now is the best time to actually join

Woop. That's right. From now until December 3rd, it's the best sale of the year. You can get a full

12-month membership for 199. That's 12 months of whoop for 199. Okay. This week's episode,

I am joined by social media personality, photographer, and all-around great dude, Paul Ripke.

Paul made a name for himself photographing German

hip-hop bands, F-1 royalty, Lewis Hamilton, the German national team that won the World Cup

back in 2014, and a whole host of other things that we get into. We discuss how Paul got started

as a whoop ambassador. The short is he was very persistent in my DMs and whatnot stuff sending me messages.

Paul's days as a photographer working with some of the top athletes in the world and different

secrets from the top athletes.

Paul's Woop data and his journal habits.

And a look at some of Paul's major Woop Community Activations.

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