WHOOP Podcast

Understanding Strain: Kristen Holmes and Emily Capodilupo break down how the WHOOP strain metric works, and how it can improve your training.

Jun 4, 2019

30:35

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How to Scale Your Workouts in the 21 Point Scale

04:55

Recovering From a Hard Night Out?

03:18

The Whoop Strain Metric

05:38

Introduction

2min

The Whoop Strain Metric

6min

What Causes Day Strain?

3min

Do You Know What Your Starting Point Is?

2min

How to Scale Your Workouts in the 21 Point Scale

5min

Recovering From a Hard Night Out?

3min

How to Train Better With Strain Coach?

5min

Yohake, You Should Be Substituted

2min

Whoop Podcast - What's New?

2min

How to optimize your training by understanding strain: WHOOP VP of Performance Kristen Holmes and Director of Analytics Emily Capodilupo break down everything there is to know about the WHOOP strain metric, including where it came from (3:27), what it measures exactly (4:39), how it's individualized (5:05), why WHOOP doesn't count steps (6:32), what causes strain besides exercise (7:49), day strain vs workout strain (9:03), minimizing unnecessary strain (12:15), how it's logarithmic and not linear (13:25), balancing strain and recovery (16:25), and two new features available with the WHOOP Strap 3.0, the Strain Coach (21:59) and WHOOP Snap+ (26:12).

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