The Science of Recovery: How to be More Resilient | Kristen Holmes

The Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Show

Dr. Gabrielle Lyon

Medicine, Science, Health & Fitness, Life Sciences

4.6 • 911 Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2023

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

As Vice President of Performance Science at WHOOP, Kristen works with hundreds of the best tactical, professional, surgical teams, corporate, and NCAA Athlete Teams in the world, helping them interpret WHOOP data to optimize training, recovery, and sleep behavior. Kristen's research focuses on the temporal organization of circadian influences and their effect on physiological and psychological resilience. Kristen was a 3x All American, 2x Big 10 Athlete of the year at the University of Iowa, competing in both Field Hockey and Basketball, and a 2021 University of Iowa Hall of Fame Inductee. 7-year member of the U.S. National Field Hockey Team and one of the most successful coaches in Ivy League history, having won 12 league titles in 13 seasons and a National Championship at Princeton University. Kristen has an MIT Sloan Artificial Intelligence Certificate, M.A. Psychology, and Sports Performance, B.A., Political Science, University of Iowa, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Queensland.

In this episode we discuss:

Is your circadian rhythm dysfunctional, and how can you fix it?
How heat and cold exposure can improve your mental health
What elite atheletes and performers all have in common.
How to improve your resiliency and readiness.
The one exercise you can do for longevity.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Dr. Gabriel Lyon Show, where I believe a healthy world is based on transparent conversations.
0:14.5	On this episode of the Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Show, I sit down with Kristen Holmes. Vice president of performance science at Woop,
0:22.0	Kristen drives thought leadership by engaging with industry leading researchers and partners
0:26.4	to better understand individual and team biometric and performance data across high
0:32.5	stakes verticals to drive product innovation, strategy, and coaching. Kristen is amazing. She blends her
0:40.4	academic and applied background in athletics, which by the way, she's an incredible athlete and an
0:46.6	incredible coach. She utilizes performance technology, psychology, and exercise physiology to drive
0:54.0	research forward. That's amazing. And I actually
0:56.4	met Kristen in Arizona on the triple seven legacy expedition where a handful of military guys were
1:04.8	jumping out of airplanes in seven days on seven different continents to raise money for folds of honor.
1:11.8	In this episode, we talk about what you can learn from elite performers about readiness.
1:18.5	And if you don't know what readiness is, you're going to learn all about it.
1:21.3	We talk about circadian rhythm.
1:23.2	Is your circadian rhythm dysfunctional?
1:25.3	And how to fix it.
1:26.2	What the data shows about hot and cold
1:28.8	and its impact on your health and wellness and what that means for you. In this episode of the
1:34.4	show, you will come away with more information than you bargained for. And speaking of which,
1:40.2	this episode and these shows are free, please take a moment to rate, subscribe, and share it
1:45.7	and enjoy the show. This episode is sponsored by House of Macadamias. Let's talk about nuts.
1:52.0	And no, I'm not talking about those kind of nuts and I am not a urologist, so that's just really
1:57.7	bad mom jokes. Macadamias. House of Macadamias.
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