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When you are younger, you think you're gonna have power forever.
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You think you are unbreakable.
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But in football, the demands physically, it's a lot.
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So you have to manage that.
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You have to be smart.
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If you're training two hours, you have to recover two hours.
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The most important thing is to have a routine.
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I know if I sleep good, if my recovery is good or not.
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But of course, with the Whoop, you are 100% sure.
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Our newest launch, it's our Whoop medical grade product.
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This is amazing.
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In my opinion, it's one of the best devices ever in terms of healthspan for your body, for your mental strength.
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It's worth it.
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Make effort in your health.
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If you want to achieve success, it's the only way.
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Great to be with you, brother.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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So this is an exciting moment for us because today we're going to reveal to you the Whoop MG,
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which is a technology I've been building for 13 years.
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Wow but is our newest launch it's our whoop medical grade product top it's about uh seven percent smaller
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and it also has a 14 day battery life wow three
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times the battery life we're coming out with a feature called health span
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which is going to tell you your whoop age whoop did
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all this work to essentially assess based on your behaviors your
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performance your physiology what is your actual physiological age versus your
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biological age i'll let you reveal it yeah i touch here yeah what does it say i don't believe it's
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so good 28.9
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so it says you're 28.9 yes that's amazing 12 years younger
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your hoop age is lower than your chronologic age slowing excellent elf continue your health behaviors
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so this is mean
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that i'm going to play 10 years more football we'll go through the different behaviors within your whoop edge
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so here you can scroll
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if you scroll up you can see each of the different statistics
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and how those are affecting your whoop edge
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so we'll start talking about them now
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because i really want to get into some of your habits that drive your whoop age.
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So let's start with your steps.
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Your steps are making you almost a year younger.
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Okay.
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So you're getting on average 17,000 steps a day.
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Does that sound consistent with your behavior and your training?
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It's the way I live my life.
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You know, I'm always move,
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not only for football, but my daily life to spend time with my kids to play with them. To have another activity.
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Aside of football.
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Yeah.
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So make me move a lot.
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Don't surprise me because I'm I move a lot too.
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And your hours of sleep, you've got 70 percent sleep consistency, which is pretty much the recommended level.
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you're getting seven hours and 15 minutes of sleep.
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Talk a little bit about your sleep routine.
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For me, probably sleep is the most important tool that I have
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because it's the only moment at the day that you can recover and settle everything.
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So for me, a great night of sleep, it's the most important thing
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that probably we have in a life in terms of health spend to be consistent in the time
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that i go to the beds and the time
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that i wake up right i mean like example i go bed around 11 12 11 12 there
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and wake up 8 30 8 30 8 45 it's my routine i don't like
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when is when we travel or when we We have games at the night, so the body is like shaking a lot at the night.
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So the quality of sleeping is not the same.
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But you have to balance that to don't make too much difference in my sleeping time.
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For example, now I try to do it the same, but maybe I'll go one hour late to the bed and I wake up one hour late as well.
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So I think the balance is not too different.
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For example, for you coming from US, the time zone is completely different.
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You are here in Saudi.
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For you it's more difficult, you know.
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But I think it's the most important thing.
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It's the consistency.
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If your consistency is good, nothing gonna have big influence in your health, in my opinion.
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and when you travel internationally
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or you go over you know five six eight hours of
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a different time zone what do you like to do to usually i'm not do
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that yeah but
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if i have to do it it's a small amount of time i'm not gonna spend for example in u.s
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or big tours what that we do in the pre-season in China or Japan, whatever.
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It's the way that you can adjust, you know, but when I'm traveling, I do it a long journeys.
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I've never been there more than four or five days.
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So for me, it's not a big deal.
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I have an opportunity to be and work in the zone that I feel comfortable.
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But if that happens, I know the way to don't shake too much the body.
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christiano age 40 versus age 25 did you know that sleep was
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that important when you were younger so you've always been
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when you are younger you think you can you're gonna live
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forever you're gonna have power forever you think you are um unbreakable
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but by the age and i have a great example in the football because it's the football it's the demands
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physically and body it's a lot so you have to manage
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that you have to be smart and do things in a different way
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so I learn with the time I learn with my experience
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and I adjust year by year the demand of the body to answer your question
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when you have 25 is not the same when you have 30 especially in football
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or ice sports but i'm still feeling good uh
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and i prioritize recovery
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and the sleeping what have you noticed from using whoop to improve your recovery as i told you not just
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because we are a partner of this great company
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and great tool in my opinion it's like a doctor you
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have your wrist yeah um that's around your wrist yes yeah
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and for me it's amazing because you can control a little bit better
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but sometimes it's funny because the people that surround me all the time
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and uh physios
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and our physiology they say i know i don't need sometimes
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to look the the hoop to know how i feel yeah
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because it's many years of experience many years of of plain eye level.
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I know how I feel, if I sleep good, if my recovery is good or not.
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And for me, it's very helpful that I have this device and the new one in my.
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The new one looks good too.
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You have a few behaviors that seem to really improve your recovery.
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You track these in the Whoop journal.
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So compression therapy, when you log doing that, it actually has up to an 11% increase in your recovery.
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What do you do with compression therapy?
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I think it's another tool that can help in my recover.
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If you have, and you saw, because you've been in my house two times,
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and you saw that I take care of a lot of my recovery because I think the way you're training, if you're training two hours, you have to recover two hours.
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If you're training three hours, you have to recover three hours.
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I have a company that we have a few tools as well, recovery tools, that help me a lot not only that way
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but we have cryo sport for example that they pressure your muscles
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and in the same time make you joints and muscles cold
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and helps a lot i felt
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that it's a great tool to recover i have many tools
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that help me to be in a good recover every day
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to be in the top level cryotherapy increases your recovery by seven percent cold shower increases it by four
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and a half percent so clearly doing cold therapy is helpful for you it's a great tool
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that people should understand that many people in the world they have misunderstanding
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that cold is not good if you take cold showers of
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if you do it ice bath that you're going to be with a fever
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which is completely wrong it's the opposite more often you do that less sick you will be totally So,
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but I understand that people have this misunderstanding because even my wife and my kids,
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that when the kids go around the house without shoes, be careful, they're going to be sick.
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No, it's not.
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It's the opposite.
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But I understand step by step with a good example.
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I think people start to change the mentality that cold is a great tool.
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So back to you being 28 years old on WHOOP, your resting heart rate is 44 beats per minute.
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And in fact, in the last 30 days, it's been closer to 40.
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So this is giving you essentially two years reduction in your age.
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I'm curious, are there things that you find that help you calm your nervous system or lower your heart rate?
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Yes.
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It's another way of recovery.
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And especially it's curious that I say to my teammates yesterday that I feel in peace when I arrive at home.
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Every time.
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When I go away of home, I don't gonna say that I feel nervous because not.
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But I feel that my low stress is not the same.
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Not I or down, but it's average.
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But when I arrive at home, my day is completely different.
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My heart is different.
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And apart of that, I am with the people who I like it,
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and then I can recover and be in my world with peace to do with my sauna alone,
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my cold therapy, my machines, to be with the family.
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I think it's moments that make my stress very low.
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And I think part of that is the heart.
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They show that I'm completely low stress.
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That means a lot because it means that you make your body and your mind calm.
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I think it helps to the heart a lot.
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Obviously, exercise is a big part of your life.
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You spend close to 10 hours a week training and then an additional,
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and that's in heart rate zones one to three.
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And then in four to five, you're spending another hour.
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So all of this from a WHOOP age standpoint is bringing your age down.
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How do you balance sort of cardio training or sprint training with endurance training?
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Part of that, it's my routine relit with football, of course.
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But apart of that, I have hobbies.
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As I mentioned before, you have to manage and to find the balance to don't overstress your body too.
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Because too much sport is not good too.
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So you have to find the balance for that.
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and I think I have because
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one of the things
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that the people don't take too much attention it's your mental cognition it's very important in my opinion
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and if you do it your job
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and at the same time you enjoy to do it other
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sports with your friends socialize I think it's a good part to make your balance right so
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I try to find with my experience
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to don't push too much my body when they need to recover
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but to find the balance
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which is sometimes is difficult i take care of my body
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since i started to play football now you can tell me
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that you treat the same way that you treat 20 years ago no
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but i was there like take care a little bit of my body
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but by the time by the age i increase a little bit more
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because we are get we all of us get old, but I start every year, do something more, something more, something more.
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So one other aspect of health span is that we have what's called pace of aging.
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So what this shows you is at any given period, um, how much younger or for some people older are you trending now for you,
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you're always pretty much below the trend line.
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So you're pretty much always getting younger according to whoop.
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But what's interesting is it went really low in January and February of this year.
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Is there anything you can think of about your January and February that was more restorative or even healthier?
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Probably it's the moment that we have probably more vacation.
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A little more rest.
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I don't have a specific thing to tell you.
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So this is coincidence, in my opinion, because the way I live my life, it's always very similar.
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Well, we have a big theme with this new technology launch, which is people can now take control of their health, right?
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There's so much broken about the health system.
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And now people can have data themselves to take control.
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And in some ways, that's a wake-up call, right?
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What for you in your life was a wake-up call where you said, you know, I have this opportunity to be great?
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The moment, it's difficult to tell you.
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But I think the wake-up call is important, but it's not the key.
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I think you have to take care a little bit of your body, but without obsession.
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If you start today, you're going to have benefits in the future.
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It doesn't matter the time.
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What is important?
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It's what you want to achieve.
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Yeah.
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What you want.
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You want to live a good life?
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Yes.
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I like to drink.
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I like to eat a burger.
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Okay.
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You're going to pay the bill in the future.
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Right.
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I think the most important is to find the balance.
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Sometimes I can eat a burger or chips.
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It doesn't matter.
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It's important too for your mind too.
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Sometimes I sleep two o'clock in the morning because last night I was in UFC
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here in South and they might event it's two o'clock.
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Yes.
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It's quality of life too.
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But the most important thing, it's the consistency.
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If you have consistency, you're going to be good in the future
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or you're going to be better than other ones in the future.
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This is my opinion.
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I think, and tell me what you think, that the consistency and the discipline is what takes someone who's high talent
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and makes them truly great what do you think any sports
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yeah any job i think it's part of the life it's like that
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it's only the opposite they are not part of this world in my opinion
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if you want to achieve successful it's the only way you've
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probably seen a lot of footballers athletes i see everything talent
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everything everything everything not only sports any any job any job is the same way the same
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if you are not consistent more than other ones
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if you don't do it add something more than other ones
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you're never going to be number one like me i'm joking so you're never going to be
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you're never going to be an eye level so many years it can be one two years okay 20 years, 13 years is impossible.
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Forget it.
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If someone tells you the opposite, in my opinion, they lie.
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And if someone is having trouble with consistency or discipline, what do you think are techniques or what kind of encouragement would you give them?
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Do they need a stronger goal?
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Do they need a vision for what they can become?
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Yesterday I see one thing that makes me wake up call like sometimes we give
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so much energy for situations who don't go well in your life
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but you just stop when you have a problem healthy problem
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and your priority it's the the cure to resolve the the sickness
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that your problem the other things is not important yeah
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and you make we make everything in the same package to solve
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so many problems what sometimes is this is not a problem this is situations of the life the daily things
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and we focus so many things and we forgot to focus the main thing
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and i give you the bad example is like
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when you are sick you only focus the cure of this problem you can have a hundred problems
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but if you have a health problem you have one problem exactly exactly
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so this is what I want to say with that.
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Focus on your priorities.
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You understand?
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Don't focus so many things.
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And this is what I learned by the time.
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And I'm going well with my life.
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To be honest, I mean, enjoy so much, so much more than before that you start to see the life in a different way.
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You know, and people they will find out better.
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soon than late, you know, to try to, to make the life more interesting.
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Being fit is hard.
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You know, the discipline that you do takes so much work, but also being out of shape and being sick is hard. Of course.
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And so there's a concept of like, choose your heart.
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Right.
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But everything is hard.
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Yeah.
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The, the, the both ways is hard.
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Right.
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Yeah.
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So, so why without obsession?
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I'm gonna mention you say to be like me maybe in your opinion the period
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or the opinion of the old people even my friends say
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that I'm I'm sick to live
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that life for me it's not a big deal I do
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it in a comfortable way in a happy way for me
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is it not sacrifice you say yeah sometimes you don't want
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to go to the gym of course no sometimes I don't go to do like
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but I go because I have a a compromise with myself, but I'm not so happy every day.
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You think I'm wake up off the bed every day, happy or with my wife or with my kids.
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Sometimes I'm not, but it's part of the overt.
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We are both the same.
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We feel this every time.
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To mention again, the most important thing is to have a routine, consistent, not obsession.
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Good.
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Don't be like Cristiano because Cristiano is crazy.
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Okay.
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But 20%, 25% is so much.
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Yeah, be more consistent.
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Yeah, it's a little bit.
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Come on, make effort in your health.
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It makes sense.
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Well, look, all of us at Whoop are inspired by you, and I think you have an incredibly important message, not just for the world's best athletes,
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but for the masses, which is be more consistent in your life, take control of your life, and prioritize your health.
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It's not a big deal, in my opinion.
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It's quality of life for your body, for your mental strength, and it's worth it.
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Well, this has been a pleasure as always.
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And we're honored that you use Whoop as part of this routine.
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I use it every day, every single day.
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And as I told you before, it's a good tool to help your health.
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And congratulations for your company.
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for that because helps me even more.
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But the society as well want to enjoy this world of to take care of itself.
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I think it's a great tool to start it.
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The wake-up call.
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Thank you, brother.
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Thank you.
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Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “Cristiano Ronaldo's Secrets to Longevity and Peak Performance”. Deze video bevat 304 zinnen en 3242 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 21:30. De spreker praat in een natuurlijk tempo van ongeveer 151 woorden per minuut, dicht bij een alledaags gesprek. 88% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is goed te volgen.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| obsession zelfstandig naamwoord | /əbˈsɛʃən/ | obsessie, bezetenheid |
| distress zelfstandig naamwoord | /dɪˈstɹɛs/ | druk, stress |
| hoop zelfstandig naamwoord | /hʊp/ | hoepel, reep |
| misunderstand werkwoord | /mɪs.ʌn.də(ɹ)ˈstænd/ | misverstaan |
| physiology zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˌfɪziˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/ | fysiologie |
| compression zelfstandig naamwoord | /kəmˈpɹɛʃ.ən/ | compressie, comprimering |
| scroll zelfstandig naamwoord | /skɹoʊl/ | boekrol, schriftrol |
| wrist zelfstandig naamwoord | /ɹɪst/ | pols |
| adjust werkwoord | /əˈd͡ʒʌst/ | aanpassen, verstellen |
| athlete zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈæθ.liːt/ | atleet |
| excite werkwoord | /ɪkˈsaɪt/ | prikkelen, opwinden |
| physiological bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˌfɪz.i.əˈlɑ.d͡ʒɪ.kəl/ | fysiologisch |
| standpoint zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈstændpɔɪnt/ | standpunt, uitgangspunt |
| footballer zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈfʊtbɔːlə/ | voetballer, voetbalster |
| endurance zelfstandig naamwoord | /ɪnˈdʊɹəns/ | uithoudingsvermogen |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| wake up werkwoord | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | wakker worden, ontwaken |
| find out werkwoord | ontdekken, onderzoeken |
Zinnen om te herhalen
Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:
- Does that sound consistent with your behavior and your training?
- It's the way I live my life.
- What do you do with compression therapy?
- Not I or down, but it's average.
- You want to live a good life?
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt | I've never been · you've always been · have you noticed |
| Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of ding | consistency, which is · people who I · launch, which is |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 78 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals you're, don't, I'm. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De “th”-klanken: athlete /ˈæθ.liːt/, healthspan /ˈhɛlθˌspæn/
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: obsession /əbˈsɛʃən/, compression /kəmˈpɹɛʃ.ən/, cognition /kɑɡˈnɪʃ.ən/, socialize /ˈsoʊʃəlaɪz/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: consistency /kənˈsɪs.tən.si/, misunderstand /mɪs.ʌn.də(ɹ)ˈstænd/, prioritize /pɹaɪˈɒɹ.ə.taɪz/, physiology /ˌfɪziˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/, restorative /ɹɪˈstɒɹətɪv/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: misunderstand /mɪs.ʌn.də(ɹ)ˈstænd/, prioritize /pɹaɪˈɒɹ.ə.taɪz/, restorative /ɹɪˈstɒɹətɪv/, socialize /ˈsoʊʃəlaɪz/, surround /səˈɹaʊnd/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: misunderstand /mɪs.ʌn.də(ɹ)ˈstænd/, athlete /ˈæθ.liːt/, healthspan /ˈhɛlθˌspæn/, standpoint /ˈstændpɔɪnt/, mentality /mɛnˈtæləti/
- /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: burger /ˈbɝ.ɡɚ/, cognition /kɑɡˈnɪʃ.ən/
Zo oefen je met deze video
- Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
- Begin op 0,75× snelheid, spreek zin voor zin na en ga terug naar normale snelheid zodra het makkelijk gaat.
- Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als obsession, distress, hoop.
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