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Kristen Holmes

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1098 total appearances

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The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
125. Kristen Holmes: WHOOP’s Principal Scientist Reveals Game-Changing Research

everyone had seasonal affective disorder. Like everybody was in a bad mood. And all everybody wanted to do was just drink beer and eat pizza and stay inside. And I remember the feeling six years in a row of that first like Indian summer day in the spring where you could actually go outside, you could actually open your windows and you could feel the energy of the whole city change.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
125. Kristen Holmes: WHOOP’s Principal Scientist Reveals Game-Changing Research

everyone had seasonal affective disorder. Like everybody was in a bad mood. And all everybody wanted to do was just drink beer and eat pizza and stay inside. And I remember the feeling six years in a row of that first like Indian summer day in the spring where you could actually go outside, you could actually open your windows and you could feel the energy of the whole city change.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
125. Kristen Holmes: WHOOP’s Principal Scientist Reveals Game-Changing Research

Now I was there when like Jordan and Pip and Rodman were playing for the Bulls. It was a great, it was really a great time in Chicago. I just remember those, they would have jazz in the park and like the whole city would come alive.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
125. Kristen Holmes: WHOOP’s Principal Scientist Reveals Game-Changing Research

Now I was there when like Jordan and Pip and Rodman were playing for the Bulls. It was a great, it was really a great time in Chicago. I just remember those, they would have jazz in the park and like the whole city would come alive.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
125. Kristen Holmes: WHOOP’s Principal Scientist Reveals Game-Changing Research

Now I was there when like Jordan and Pip and Rodman were playing for the Bulls. It was a great, it was really a great time in Chicago. I just remember those, they would have jazz in the park and like the whole city would come alive.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
125. Kristen Holmes: WHOOP’s Principal Scientist Reveals Game-Changing Research

But there were three or four months there where absolutely your mood, your emotional state, even like your memory, the level of fatigue, you know, you would put on a little bit of weight. You would just be so lethargic because you wouldn't see the sun for months. And so now that I live here, I never feel like that. You know, just having that exposure. It's easier down here.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
125. Kristen Holmes: WHOOP’s Principal Scientist Reveals Game-Changing Research

But there were three or four months there where absolutely your mood, your emotional state, even like your memory, the level of fatigue, you know, you would put on a little bit of weight. You would just be so lethargic because you wouldn't see the sun for months. And so now that I live here, I never feel like that. You know, just having that exposure. It's easier down here.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
125. Kristen Holmes: WHOOP’s Principal Scientist Reveals Game-Changing Research

But there were three or four months there where absolutely your mood, your emotional state, even like your memory, the level of fatigue, you know, you would put on a little bit of weight. You would just be so lethargic because you wouldn't see the sun for months. And so now that I live here, I never feel like that. You know, just having that exposure. It's easier down here.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
125. Kristen Holmes: WHOOP’s Principal Scientist Reveals Game-Changing Research

But I can say, you know, someone who's lived in Maine and, you know, I live in Massachusetts, like my data is better in the winter.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
125. Kristen Holmes: WHOOP’s Principal Scientist Reveals Game-Changing Research

But I can say, you know, someone who's lived in Maine and, you know, I live in Massachusetts, like my data is better in the winter.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
125. Kristen Holmes: WHOOP’s Principal Scientist Reveals Game-Changing Research

But I can say, you know, someone who's lived in Maine and, you know, I live in Massachusetts, like my data is better in the winter.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
125. Kristen Holmes: WHOOP’s Principal Scientist Reveals Game-Changing Research

Yeah. I can train harder, I think, just because I think the hot weather reduces your capacity. I can't quite push probably as hard. I think that's what's at play. And I definitely sleep a little bit longer in the winter, which we're supposed to, right? We're supposed to actually adapt to the seasons.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
125. Kristen Holmes: WHOOP’s Principal Scientist Reveals Game-Changing Research

Yeah. I can train harder, I think, just because I think the hot weather reduces your capacity. I can't quite push probably as hard. I think that's what's at play. And I definitely sleep a little bit longer in the winter, which we're supposed to, right? We're supposed to actually adapt to the seasons.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
125. Kristen Holmes: WHOOP’s Principal Scientist Reveals Game-Changing Research

Yeah. I can train harder, I think, just because I think the hot weather reduces your capacity. I can't quite push probably as hard. I think that's what's at play. And I definitely sleep a little bit longer in the winter, which we're supposed to, right? We're supposed to actually adapt to the seasons.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
125. Kristen Holmes: WHOOP’s Principal Scientist Reveals Game-Changing Research

But that said, I spend as much time outside in the winter as I do in the summer. So do I. So I think that is actually the solution for people who are in these more northern climates. Yeah, it's maybe not as comfortable. Right.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
125. Kristen Holmes: WHOOP’s Principal Scientist Reveals Game-Changing Research

But that said, I spend as much time outside in the winter as I do in the summer. So do I. So I think that is actually the solution for people who are in these more northern climates. Yeah, it's maybe not as comfortable. Right.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
125. Kristen Holmes: WHOOP’s Principal Scientist Reveals Game-Changing Research

But that said, I spend as much time outside in the winter as I do in the summer. So do I. So I think that is actually the solution for people who are in these more northern climates. Yeah, it's maybe not as comfortable. Right.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
125. Kristen Holmes: WHOOP’s Principal Scientist Reveals Game-Changing Research

But I feel like... No, again, it's a hormetic stress, right? It is, yeah. You got to stop telling grandma not to go outside. It's too hot. Not to go outside. It's too cold. Just to lay down, to relax, to rest. You know, to eat at the first pang of hunger. I mean, these are collapsing our natural defense mechanisms.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
125. Kristen Holmes: WHOOP’s Principal Scientist Reveals Game-Changing Research

But I feel like... No, again, it's a hormetic stress, right? It is, yeah. You got to stop telling grandma not to go outside. It's too hot. Not to go outside. It's too cold. Just to lay down, to relax, to rest. You know, to eat at the first pang of hunger. I mean, these are collapsing our natural defense mechanisms.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
125. Kristen Holmes: WHOOP’s Principal Scientist Reveals Game-Changing Research

But I feel like... No, again, it's a hormetic stress, right? It is, yeah. You got to stop telling grandma not to go outside. It's too hot. Not to go outside. It's too cold. Just to lay down, to relax, to rest. You know, to eat at the first pang of hunger. I mean, these are collapsing our natural defense mechanisms.