What's up folks? Welcome back to the WOOP podcast where we sit down with top athletes,

scientists, experts, and more, learning what the best in the world are doing to perform at their peak,

what you can do to unlock your own best performance. I'm your host, Will Ahmed, founder and CEO of Woop,

where we are on a mission to unlock human

performance.

On this week's episode, we're diving deep on the science of strain.

This episode is the culmination of our three-part, The Science of series, where we've examined

the key elements of sleep, recovery, and finally, strain.

The series demystifies these core concepts, answers common questions, and debunks myths

with some of the leading experts in the field.

You can check out our episodes on The Science of Sleep and the Science of Recovery

at whoop.com slash locker.

Now, to explore everything about strain, our VP of performance, Kristen Holmes, sits down

with Dr. Andy Walsh, one of the world's leading experts on strain and stress. Dr. Walsh has been

at the cutting edge of human performance. He's the co-founder of Liminal Collective, a global

community united by passion for human performance, and his former director of high

performance for Red Bull, where he helped Felix Baumgartner jumped to Earth from a helium

balloon in the stratosphere.

Before that, Andy designed a performance program for the U.S. Olympic ski and snowboard teams

and also worked at the Australian Institute of Sport.

Kristen and Andy discussed how our body responds to stress and strain, both physical and mental,

why we need to gain a better understanding of underlying strain and how you might not be

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