#WHOOPEd Weekly Digest, Vol. 15
#WHOOPEd Weekly Digest, Vol. 15
Pillars of Performance: Viktor Axelsen, Badminton Champion
The Strain of Freediving 40 Feet Below the Ocean’s Surface
Pillars of Performance: Sue Bird, WNBA Superstar
July 25Basketball legend Sue Bird answers 9 questions about her performance lifestyle as a professional athlete. At UConn, Sue Bird won two national championships and was the Naismith College Player of the Year during her senior season. In the WNBA, she’s captured two championships with the Seattle Storm and has been a league All-Star a whopping…
My Quest for Glory on the Sled
June 3How did I get into skeleton? I grew up in Modesto, California as the oldest of three children. My family was always fairly active, up in the mountains skiing, or out at the lake waterskiing, inner tubing and wakeboarding. My siblings and I are all are pretty competitive, everyone played a couple of the same…
A Day with Team USA Track Star Wallace Spearmon Jr.
May 15For track and field, the pinnacle of the sport is competing on the world’s biggest stage at the Olympics. Regardless of where you grew up or how far you made it competitively, as a track athlete you can’t help but fantasize about representing your country on the national team. So, when I got the opportunity…
WHOOP User Chris Murphy: Trombonist to Para-Cycling Champion
April 5“I knew I could do well in the 1K race but it didn’t occur to me that I could actually win. I posted a time I expected to be second best, but the guy going last was the favorite. When he finished off the podium I couldn’t believe it. I was like ‘Holy crap, what…
Recap: WHOOP Athletes in Rio 2016
August 25The Rio Olympics have come to a close. A memorable close, at that. Four years ago, the London Olympic rings were lowered after a successful two weeks of competition, and now the same has happened in Rio. A full quadrennial of preparation took center stage with lightning fast swimming performances, mesmerizing moves on the mat,…
Swimming the Distance for Team USA
July 30One of the oldest debates in the scientific community is whether behavior is inherited or acquired. ‘Nature,’ is what we think of as pre-wiring and is influenced by genetic inheritance. ‘Nurture,” is generally thought of as the influence of external factors, such as the product of exposure, experience, and learning. The sporting community is…
