Athletes Performance

Hey everybody welcomes to the 4th and 1 podcast.  I am your host Mack Howard, and today we will be talking about sports performance and the impact that new technologies have had on sports. The invention of the whoop has changed the game with athletes. Being able to track sleep, recovery, heart rate and other very important things needed to be monitored as an athlete. Which gets us into our podcast topic. 9 years ago, MLB conducted a study with whoop that the results of a performance study involving minor league players from nine Major League Baseball (MLB) organizations. The landmark study, which was conducted with 230 minor league players from June – November 2016, was designed to monitor the relationship between physiological status and performance, using quantifiable data capturing physiological stress on professional athletes (Strain), and the body’s preparedness for stress (Recovery). It is the first study of its kind in professional sports in the United States. The results were presented to the medical and strength and conditioning staffs from all MLB organizations at the 2016 Baseball Winter Meetings in National Harbor, Maryland, HTTPs ://www.whoop.com/us/en/thelocker/whoop-conducts-largest-pro-sports-performance-study-ever-with-major-league-baseball/?srsltid=AfmBOopWtoamWW5NzftHWphGOYOwcfAIOLpxEvNgOzilhg8_2Y93KhE- l 

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