WHOOP Podcast

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WHOOP Podcast

At WHOOP, we are on a mission to unlock human performance. WHOOP Founder & CEO Will Ahmed sits down with top athletes, scientists, experts, and more to learn what the best in the world are doing to perform at their peak – and what you can do to unlock your own best performance. Every week, we dig deeper into sleep, recovery, nutrition, training, lifestyle habits, and more to help you reach your potential.

  1. The Power of Persistence: Paul Ripke's Secret to Building a Brand

    12 HR AGO

    The Power of Persistence: Paul Ripke's Secret to Building a Brand

    On this week’s episode, WHOOP Founder and CEO Will Ahmed is joined by social media personality and photographer Paul Ripke. Paul became famous for taking pictures of German hip-hop bands, F1 star Lewis Hamilton, and the German National Team that won the World Cup in 2014. Will and Paul discuss how “Average Paul” became a WHOOP ambassador (1:53), building a career as a photographer (5:39), getting banned from FIFA for four years (8:36), the crossroads of luck and opportunity (10:29), what it's...

    45 min
  2. From Pain Cave to Podium: Fintan McCarthy's Rowing Journey to Gold

    20 NOV

    From Pain Cave to Podium: Fintan McCarthy's Rowing Journey to Gold

    On this week’s episode, WHOOP Founder and CEO Will Ahmed is joined by two-time Olympic Gold Medalist Fintan McCarthy. The Irish Lightweight rower has been dominating the sport for several years now alongside his partner Paul O’Donovan. McCarthy started rowing professionally when he was 15. He's won 3 European Championships, 3 World Championships, and two gold medals at the Tokyo and Paris games. Will and Fintan discuss how Fintan became a rower (1:45), breaking through the pain threshold (3:5...

    48 min
  3. What Data Can Do for Parents with Emily Oster

    13 NOV

    What Data Can Do for Parents with Emily Oster

    On this week’s episode, WHOOP Senior Vice President of Research, Algorithms, and Data is joined by Economist and Parenting Expert Emily Oster. The pair discusses Emily’s background (1:50) and journey from economist to parenting expert (2:55), the lack of research in pregnancy and parenting (3:45), navigating caution in pregnancy (5:36), receiving pushback from physicians (8:11). Emily Oster gives insight into creating her business, ParentData (12:28), navigating social media (15:56), and pres...

    57 min
  4. From Prevention to Progression: A Comprehensive Guide to Strength Training

    6 NOV

    From Prevention to Progression: A Comprehensive Guide to Strength Training

    On this week’s episode, we have another great listener questions episode for you. WHOOP Senior Sport Scientist Chris Chapman joins us to answer all of your questions on strength training and performance. Chris answers questions around strength training and workout focus (2:17), preventing osteoporosis (8:43), the timing of workouts impacting recovery (12:55), building the ideal training program (16:32), progression through lifting programs (21:08), creatine and other supplements (27:39), and ...

    38 min
  5. Virgil van Dijk: How he Leads his Club and Country

    30 OCT

    Virgil van Dijk: How he Leads his Club and Country

    On this week’s episode, WHOOP Founder and CEO Will Ahmed is joined by a very special guest, football sensation Virgil van Dijk. Virgil is not only the captain of Liverpool, one of the top clubs in the Premier League, but also the captain of the Dutch National Team. Virgil has won a number of championships throughout his professional career including a Scottish League Cup with Celtic, a Champions League Title with Liverpool, and he helped end Liverpool’s 30-year league title drought when they ...

    48 min
  6. Ben Francis MBE: The Mission to Create a 100 Year Brand

    23 OCT

    Ben Francis MBE: The Mission to Create a 100 Year Brand

    On this week’s episode, WHOOP Founder & CEO Will Ahmed interviews Gymshark Founder & CEO Ben Francis MBE. Will and Ben discuss Ben’s background (2:01) the road to creating Gymshark (2:32), Gymshark’s first sale (11:00), designing the Gymshark brand (17:59), and Ben’s journey and growth as a CEO and Founder (29:20). Will and Ben give their insights as Founder/CEOs and the mentality needed to develop a successful brand (36:18), dive into Ben’s experience on WHOOP (44:52), and how ...

    53 min
  7. Unlocking Steps: Introducing the Newest Metric that Matters

    16 OCT

    Unlocking Steps: Introducing the Newest Metric that Matters

    We are announcing an all-new feature on this week’s episode! WHOOP Founder and CEO Will Ahmed is joined by WHOOP SVP Research Algorithms, and Data Emily Capodilupo to discuss the newest metric on the WHOOP platform, steps! Will and Emily were on the move for this episode and monitoring their steps throughout the recording. They will discuss the all-new feature (1:19), listen back to an old clip of Will denouncing steps (2:28), the importance of accuracy when counting steps (5:26), the differe...

    27 min
  8. Athlete to Advocate: Keegan Hipgrave's Journey Through Sport, Injury, and Mental Health

    9 OCT

    Athlete to Advocate: Keegan Hipgrave's Journey Through Sport, Injury, and Mental Health

    On this week’s episode, WHOOP Director of Sports Marketing, Jeremy Powers welcomes former Australian National Rugby League (NRL) player, Keegan Hipgrave. Jeremy and Keegan discuss Keegan’s background in sport (1:48), the ins and outs of rugby league (3:52), Keegan’s NRL career (14:28), rugby’s culture around playing through injury (14:28), and Keegan’s medical retirement due to concussion (21:46). Keegan shares his insights on navigating retirement from professional sport (27:53), the importa...

    52 min
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At WHOOP, we are on a mission to unlock human performance. WHOOP Founder & CEO Will Ahmed sits down with top athletes, scientists, experts, and more to learn what the best in the world are doing to perform at their peak – and what you can do to unlock your own best performance. Every week, we dig deeper into sleep, recovery, nutrition, training, lifestyle habits, and more to help you reach your potential.

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  • Creator
    WHOOP
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2024
  • Episodes
    297
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2024 WHOOP Podcast
  • Show Website
    WHOOP Podcast

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