What's up, folks? Welcome back to the WOOP podcast, where we sit down with top athletes,

scientists, experts, and more to learn what the best in the world they're doing to perform at their peak.

And of course, what you can do to unlock your own best performance.

I'm your host, Will Amit, founder and CEO of Whoop, where we are on a

mission to unlock human performance. That's right. You can get the Whoop membership, hardware,

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This week, we're excited to welcome Dr. Robin Thorpe for an episode on the Science of Recovery.

This is the second of a three-episode series, which also includes the science of sleep and the science of strain coming soon.

The series is demystifying these core concepts, answering common questions, and debunking myths with some of the leading experts in the field.

Dr. Thorpe is best known for his work with some of the world's best soccer players.

He spent nearly 10 years with Manchester United as a senior performance scientist and conditioning coach.

He's also helped world-class track and field athletes, Olympic gold medalists, and world record

holders in the lead up to their biggest performances.

And a lot of his work is balancing training loads with recovery.

Robin sits down with our VP of Performance, Kristen Holmes, who you all know and love,

to discuss the physiological and psychological benefits of recovery and really how you can get your body to perform at its peak.

They discuss what metabolic fatigue and structural damage are and how that changes, how you

should think about recovery, different recovery modalities and how they affect your

body, what you need to know about hot therapy and cold therapy, and why HRV is such an

excellent measurement of recovery, both physical and mental. Without further ado, here are Kristen

and Dr. Robin Thorpe.

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