WHOOP is The Next-Generation Fitness Tracker For ‘Elite Athletes’ Boston wearable device startup Whoop, is going after “elite athletes and teams” with its next-generation wrist-worn strap, that measures a set of biometrics 24/7. The company’s technology is currently targeting professional players in major sports leagues, college athletes, Olympians, and even the U.S. military, but it could have wider appeal in the future. Next-generation fitness tracker WHOOP, a wearable wristband, helps athletes correct their lifestyle and perform much better with its predictive analytics system for sportspersons and coaches. The unique feature about the company is that it collects data such as skin conductivity and heart rate variability while tracking …show more content…
an athlete’s sleep to understand how the body recovers from exercise. “WHOOP continuously measures every athlete's strain and recovery, which helps balance training plans, prevent injury, and increase team performance,” the company said. This innovative “body-assistant” has already convinced an early group of elite athletes.
The technology is currently being used by athletes on teams across all major U.S. professional sports leagues and college conferences. Numerous Olympians are also using WHOOP to train for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Helping athletes and teams win more The analytics makes sure athletes avoid overtraining and undertraining and reach an optimal shape before competition. “At the elite level, it’s no longer just about outworking your opponents to get an edge,” said http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150922005937/en/WHOOP-Closes-12M-Announces-Availability-Performance-Optimization#.VgKsUI9Viko Mike Mancias, the long-time athletic trainer for LeBron James, and now a WHOOP advisor. “In fact, research shows that 30 percent of athletes are overtrained, which can lead to injury and poor performance. It’s only by balancing intensity with recovery that athletes can optimize performance.” The WHOOP system presents a team dashboard to coaches and trainers to tailor-make training and game strategies for each athlete of the team. The data gets streamed via Bluetooth. Informed decisions WHOOP CEO and founder Will Ahmed built a system “that is always on”. The aim is to help athletes and coaches make informed
decisions. “Elite athletes require the highest level of body awareness,” said Ahmed. “Given the slim margin between success and failure, it’s surprising that most athletes don’t really understand what they’re doing to their bodies”. Ahmed believes that even the fittest athletes can overtrain, misinterpret fitness peaks and underestimate the importance of recovery and sleep. Can a wrist-band be the true game changer? We’ll see… What do you think WHOOP and next-generation fitness trackers? Share your views in the comments section below.
Everyone wants to be on top of the world and have the opportunity to have it all, but not everyone will work for it. Under Armor’s brilliant commercial does a great job of getting their message to young, aspiring athletes all over the world. Their commercial starts with a young boy in the middle of a field listening to the ground. The narrator, famous Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis, is whispering “footsteps” and the boy is listening to them. As he listens, the commercial goes on with the showing of various athletes training such as Cam Newton, Tom Brady, and a few crossfit champions. Throughout the commercial the viewer can see how hard they are training using different kinds of under armor training shoes. The commercial then wraps
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Nike billboards have featured the Swoosh symbol painted by street graffiti artists, and flying basketballers letting loose with technical sports terms like: "I'm gonna dunk on your ass". And, of course, Nike has a home page on the World Wide Web where athletic Web surfers are urged to "hear Spike Lee talk about the Air Jordan XI, call 1-800-645-6031" (perhaps Spike jogs?
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In order to fully understand the impact and effect of overtraining, defining and establishing the difference of what overtraining is from other conditions, such as overreaching, is necessary. Overtraining is defined as the accumulation of both training and non-training stresses producing a long-term effect on the athlete’s performance capacity, with or without physical and psychological overtraining signs and symptoms in which recovery of the performance capacity will take weeks to months (Halson, 2004 p. 969). Overreaching, however, is defined by the accumulation of training and non-training stresses with a short-term effect on the a...
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