E86 - Will Ahmed: How combining intensity, hu...

Dame Jess Ennis-Hill is one of Britain’s greatest athletes. A triple world heptathlon champion, European champion and Olympic gold medallist, she reached the absolute peak of her sport.But behind the medals was a very different story....We revisit this incredible conversation whe ...  Show more

We've sat down with hundreds of high performers. These are five sentences we've never heard a single one of them say..."I'll start when I'm ready." "That's just the way I am." "It's not fair." "I've done enough." "I did it on my own." None of them is a character flaw, but each on ...  Show more

Will Ahmed is the founder and CEO of Whoop, the wearable device that's quietly revolutionizing how elite athletes and everyday people optimize their bodies. This conversation explores Will’s journey from overtrained college athlete to building a multibillion-dollar company by cra ...  Show more

As a D1 athlete, Will Ahmed became obsessed with the idea of recovery. How do you unlock human performance, and what data would you need to do so? This interest led to the creation of WHOOP, the next gen wearable technology. Will started WHOOP in 2012, immediately after graduatin ...  Show more

As a Harvard squash player, Will Ahmed discovered his game improved when he focused on things like sleep, diet, and time spent recovering from training. He was convinced that granular health and heart data would become invaluable to other athletes if it could be bundled into a we ...  Show more

Will Ahmed is the founder of Whoop, the fitness monitoring app worn by LeBron James and Serena Williams, and which goes toe to toe with Apple, Google and Amazon. Will is the classic example that business and entrepreneurial drive follow on from being obsessed with a problem. Aft ...  Show more