WHOOP Podcast

World-class endurance coach Chris Hinshaw on increasing aerobic capacity, managing intensity, and prioritizing recovery

Oct 6, 2021

52:53

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Personalized Programming for Athletes

02:04

The Manipulation of the Interval Distance and Recovery

02:58

Aren't You Doing More Push Ups?

01:43

Introduction

2min

Crossfoot Games Interview With Chris Henshaw

2min

What Was Your Kind of Lightball Moment as an Athlete?

3min

Iron Man Triathlon - What's the Point?

2min

Do You Know How to Get the Most Out of Your Workouts?

2min

What Strength Training Can Do for You?

4min

You're Coming Up in the Aira, You Know?

2min

How Did You Find Your Way Back to Coaching?

2min

What's the Problem With Pull Ups?

3min

10.

Middle Aged Athletes Build Confidence

3min

11.

Personalized Programming for Athletes

2min

12.

The Manipulation of the Interval Distance and Recovery

3min

13.

Aren't You Doing More Push Ups?

2min

14.

Coaching in Physiology

5min

15.

How to Get Athletes to Buy in to Heart Rate Training

5min

16.

How to Make Your Workouts More Confident

3min

17.

Is It a 15 Interval Workout?

1min

18.

The Adi Zero Aditas Shoes Are High Souled, and They're Like, a Minimalist

3min

19.

How Many Vidios a Week?

3min

Chris Hinshaw is one of the world's leading experts on endurance and aerobic capacity. He has trained 30 CrossFit Games champions, along with a series of Olympians, professional surfers, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu world champions. Chris sits down with Mike Lombardi to detail everything you need to know about increasing your own aerobic capacity and what training missteps you should avoid along the way. They discuss Chris' coaching style (2:36), the role coaches should play in working with athletes (5:04), strength training for endurance athletes (11:00), Chris' career as a world-class triathlete (15:38), improving recovery (28:52), intensity and recovery (30:36), the importance of feel (44:52), and understanding recovery and HRV with WHOOP (48:59).

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