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WHOOP PodcastConquering One of the Hardest Ultramarathons in the World, The Barkley Marathons, with John KellyOn this week’s episode, WHOOP Founder and CEO Will Ahmed is joined by ultramarathoner and data scientist John Kelly. John is fresh off his completion of one of the most grueling endurance races in the world, the Barkley Marathons. He has won numerous endurance races, competed in multiple Ironmans and triathlons, holds a Guinness World Record, and a PhD from Carnegie Mellon focused on brain-computer interfaces. Will and John discuss how John got into ultramarathons and endurance competitions (3:52), what John gets out of running ultras (9:10), running the Barkley Marathons (12:00), how to fuel before and during an ultra (16:40), how to...
2023-04-0554 min
KGNU - How On EarthColorado’s Solid Power Car Battery (and other Breakthrough Batteries)Colorado’s Solid Power Solid State electric car battery
Better Electric Car Batteries are a key to moving toward all-electric cars. While the standard liquid lithium ion/graphite battery is making advancements, this week’s show focuses batteries that add new materials to the mix for batteries that could be safer, faster charging and longer range. Featured are Colorado’s Solid Power solid state battery, the Sila Battery that includes silicon, and the new Nyobolt‘battery that uses the rare earth metal niobium. Experts who provide explanations include Doug Campbell, Solid Power cofounder and former CEO, John Capodilupo...
2023-01-1026 minWHOOP PodcastIntroducing WHOOP 4.0 and WHOOP Body Featuring Any-Wear TechnologyWHOOP 4.0 is here. Will Ahmed and WHOOP Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer John Capodilupo talk about everything you need to know about WHOOP 4.0, how it was made, and how it will help improve your performance. They dive deep on all the new features with the 4.0, including WHOOP Body featuring Any-Wear Technology, SpO2 and skin temperature measuring, the new Health Monitor, and the updated Sleep Coach with haptic alerts. Will and John discuss the new era of WHOOP (0:26), WHOOP Body (2:54), Sp02 (6:21), skin temperature (8:52), Health Monitor (10:46), the new Smart Alarm (13:02), making WHOOP 33 percent smaller (15:57), waterproofing the battery pack (20:45), improving signal quality (25:55...
2021-09-0835 minWHOOP PodcastHRV 101: Insights From the WHOOP PodcastOne of the best metrics to determine your physical fitness and your body’s readiness to perform is heart rate variability. We’re bringing you some of our top WHOOP Podcast conversations on HRV to date, detailing everything you need to know about HRV, what it signals about your body, and what you can do to optimize it. Kristen Holmes and Emily Capodilupo explain the basics about HRV (2:17), the factors that increase or decrease your HRV (5:42), and why HRV is a highly personalized metric (9:34). Dr. Bob Arnot shares how monitoring his age is helping him turn back the clock (12:54). World...
2021-07-2835 minWHOOP PodcastJohn John Florence, two-time world champion surfer, shares how mindset prepares him for elite performanceJohn John Florence, two-time world champion surfer, joins the WHOOP Podcast for a discussion on mindfulness, visualization, and the mental skills needed to be successful in sports and in life. He explains how his mindset helped him recover from a torn ACL in 5 months in order to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics. John John also discusses how the best surfers in the world inspired him (5:20), the mental side of surfing (7:57), controlling the controllables (10:09), mindfulness in sports and life (15:50), overcoming his ACL injury (22:31), qualifying for the Olympics (25:55), surfing strain on WHOOP (29:12), understanding HRV (32:15), managing red recoveries (44:25), sleep need (50:34), and where he...
2021-04-1459 min
The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt CicoriaWhat does exertion, sleep, and Covid-19 have to do with each other? John Capodilupo from Whoop In Session 143, I chat with John Capodilupo, co-founder of Whoop, the maker of the Whoop strap system I've been talking about for the last several episodes. At the risk of sounding like an informercial for this neat product, I've really enjoyed using the Whoop strap for the last few months. If you aren't familiar with it, the Whoop strap is a wearable device that tracks all sorts of cool metrics, including sleep, calorie burn, heart rate, and more. As John notes in the podcast, the folks at Whoop are...
2021-01-0545 minWHOOP PodcastProfessional video game player and champion bodybuilder Jackson "Bajheera" Bliton discusses turning his passions into a successful careerThere probably aren't too many professional video game players who are also professional bodybuilders, but Jackson Bliton is one of them. Jackson is one of the most popular video game streamers on the planet and is better known as "Bajheera" in the gaming world. Each day, thousands of people watch Jackson play World of Warcraft, while thousands more tune in to watch him broadcast his workouts. He joins WHOOP CTO and Co-Founder John Capodilupo to discuss why World of Warcraft is his chosen game (2:20), having a dream job (8:01), dropping out of school to pursue his dream (10:24), why convincing his...
2020-09-0241 minWHOOP PodcastJohn Capodilupo, WHOOP Chief Technology Officer, talks 3.0 tech, the membership experience, and a pair of recent sleep studies validating WHOOP data.CTO John Capodilupo discusses WHOOP technology and signal accuracy (5:24), how to wear your Strap to get the best data (8:44), constantly improving algorithms (15:12), 3.0 troubleshooting tips (17:21), using Bluetooth Low Energy (17:48), app and firmware updates (22:48), what to do if the lights won't turn on (24:13), membership services (27:53), a Cornell Alzheimer's study (34:09) and an Arizona insomnia study (37:31) that each used WHOOP, and the idea that everyone should have 24/7 access to their physiological data (41:17).Support the showFollow WHOOP: Sign up for WHOOP Advanced Labs Trial WHOOP for Free www.whoop.com
2019-07-1744 min