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Dr Kristen Holmes PhD, has spent her career in performance, coaching at the highest level, studying physiology, and leading Global Human Performance at WHOOP. Her conclusion is simple: effort isn’t the constraint. Alignment is. Now, Dr. Kristen Holmes brings everything she’s learned from her experience into a single framework for sustainable performance in her book Aligned. Aligned breaks down what most people miss: your body isn’t asking for more willpower. It’s asking for better timing, better signals, and better recovery. When your habits match your biology… When your actions reflect what actually matters… When your nervous system can shift… That’s when performance becomes sustainable. This is the shift we’ve been building toward at WHOOP. From pushing performance to the max, to understanding how to build a healthy foundation. From constantly doing more to figuring out what our bodies need. If you’ve been looking for a guide to reach your full potential, this is it. Preorder now. https://lnkd.in/eAHQKjWR Here’s what people are saying about Aligned – "We often think of performance only in terms of what our physical body is capable of. The reality is, our body, mind, and spirit are an interconnected ecosystem of balance, stress, and recovery. As an elite sports surgeon, I've seen this ecosystem become dysfunctional when not aligned. In her brilliant book, Aligned, Dr. Kristen Holmes brings us a data-centered approach to total alignment for performance in sports, work, and relationships. Her knowledge and warmth shine through the pages, as if you are sitting across from her in marvelous conversation. — Vonda Wright MD, MS, orthopaedic surgeon and author of the New York Times bestseller Unbreakable "Dr. Holmes bridges something that is rare in the performance world—deep scientific rigor and real coaching experience in high-stakes environments. In Aligned, she shows that sustainable performance isn’t about hype or hacks, but about understanding your physiology, respecting recovery, and building daily habits that compound over time. A practical, science-backed guide for anyone serious about building resilience and sustaining full-body health over the long haul. — Kelly Starrett, DPT, New York Times bestselling author and co-founder of The Ready State

As a Senior Battery Engineer, Abhineet Nigam shares what it means to design systems that power the product experience from within. “Battery systems need to be invisible to the user, yet they define the hardware at its core. A 14-day battery life does not happen by chance. It takes close work across almost every team in the company. It means moving fast, building processes that did not exist before, and turning hard constraints into systems people trust on their wrist every day. We compete with giants in the industry with teams many times our size. That reality raises the bar. The work is high impact and deeply technical, but also very human. Every design choice shows up in someone’s daily experience. You feel the pressure and the responsibility because you know it matters.” It’s this blend of deep technical rigor and human impact that defines how we power the WHOOP experience.

POV: You open WHOOP to log a workout, come across the activity “Hot Dog Challenge,” and you’re thinking “Is this seriously an activity I can log?!” Yes, this really is activity in the app. And the story on how it got there is actually a pretty good one. It actually started with a very serious debate: Who wins in a hot-dog-then-sprint race… Usain Bolt or Joey Chestnut? An elite sprinter vs an elite eater, who has the edge? What began as a ridiculous question between a few WHOOP employees turned into something much more interesting… a real performance experiment. Because at WHOOP, we can’t leave questions unanswered (especially the weird ones). So we added the activity to the app. The Hot Dog Challenge is exactly what it sounds like. You eat a hot dog, then measure what happens when you try to run. That will certainly put some strain on your body and it will all be captured in real data. This may have started as a joke, but it became a way to explore something real. How does your body respond when you fuel it… like that? The unexpected best part was the WHOOP community ran with it. Not only questioning why this was in the app, but also using it as a placeholder for other more explicit activities. So if you’ve been wondering… now you know. 🌭

If you’re looking for easy, this isn’t it. If you’re looking to grow fast, have a genuine impact, and do career-defining work... keep reading. Working at WHOOP comes with challenges. We move quickly, we care deeply about our work, and we expect you to do the same. That means you’ll be surrounded by people who raise your standard, debate ideas openly, and push you to do your best work — while giving you the autonomy to actually own it. Sound like your speed? Explore our open roles. https://tr.ee/KM3l7K

We’re partnering with Paris Saint-Germain as the club’s Official Health & Fitness Wearable and a Premium Partner of both the men’s and women’s teams through 2029. At this level, performance is built across a system — shaped by how athletes train, recover, and adapt over time. Paris Saint-Germain is prioritizing a more complete view of that process, giving players and staff access to the physiological data behind every day. This partnership reflects a shared investment in applied performance science, turning continuous data into decisions that compound over a season. Together, we’re building visibility into what drives long-term performance.

ICYMI: Strength training matters for women at every stage—not just now, but over time. Last week, we brought together some of the WHOOP Research team and local [solidcore] coaches to talk about women’s strength and longevity at an intimate event for WHOOP members. The panel included WHOOP Sr Research Scientists, Summer Jasinski, Ursula Beattie, Ph.D. and [solidcore] Head Coach & Community Manager, Tiasa Kim. These women had a lively discussion, and focused on how strength training supports women at every stage—building a foundation early to support bone and joint health, adapting training through hormonal changes like perimenopause and menopause, and recognizing that consistency and recovery play as much of a role as effort. The takeaway we’re bringing to LinkedIn: train for what’s coming, not just what you can do today. After the panel, we closed the evening with a [solidcore] class at a studio near HQ—putting that into practice alongside our members.

Today marks a major step forward for WHOOP. We've raised $575m at a $10.1B valuation, but that's not the only marker of success we're celebrating today. An even bigger milestone is the 2.5 million members we're helping understand their bodies in a way most people never have -- who have changed how they sleep, how they recover, how they feel, and ultimately, how they live. People who've gotten years back they didn't know they were losing. This raise enables even more of that. More access. A more powerful platform. More healthy years. A more personal approach to health that reaches far more people than we've reached today. This raise isn't the milestone. It's fuel for what comes next. https://lnkd.in/eKfz8gRf