Dr. Robin Thorpe sits down with WHOOP VP of Performance Kristen Holmes for an episode on The Science of Recovery – the second of a three-episode series which also includes The Science of Sleep with Dr. Meeta Singh and The Science of Strain (coming soon). Dr. Thorpe is one of the leading experts in the recovery space, and is perhaps best known for his work with Manchester United for nearly a decade, where he served as Senior Performance Scientist and Conditioning coach. He explains the two subcomponents of muscle fatigue (8:45), if soreness is always a good sign for muscle building (12:59), the mental side of recovery and how HRV is an indication of where you are psychologically (19:23), understanding your HRV range (25:22), cold therapy (27:55), which recovery modalities are effective in which scenarios (33:40), the placebo effect in recovery (39:16), the fundamentals of recovery (45:59), and training your autonomic nervous system (48:27). 

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