Reflecting on 400 Episodes: The Lessons You Need For A Happier, Healthier Life

About this episode

This week on the WHOOP Podcast, we’re celebrating 400 episodes! Co-hosts, Founder and CEO Will Ahmed, WHOOP Global Head of Human Performance and Principal Scientist Dr. Kristen Holmes, and WHOOP SVP of Research Algorithms and Data  Emily Capodilupo sit down to discuss their favorite moments throughout the last 8 years of podcasting at WHOOP. From welcoming guests like Mike White, Cristiano Ronaldo, Dr. Rangan Chatterjee, and Nelly Korda, to unpacking some of the groundbreaking science being studied here at WHOOP, like the physiological effects of VO₂ Max, GLP-1s and Alcohol, the WHOOP podcast expanding the pursuits of high performance and health. The more we come together, the more we learn from each other. Here’s to the next 400! (00:00) “Let’s do 10 Episodes and see how it goes” (00:40) Reflecting on some of our favorite guests  (01:26) Secrets of WHOOP Athletes (03:21) Understanding the WHOOP research studies (04:55) Breathwork as a throughline for performance (06:47) Lessons shared in early episodes (08:11) Similarities between athletes and creatives (11:23) “It’s okay to be obsessed, it's not okay to burn out”  (13:41) A healthy lifestyle is about the fundamentals (1