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Oct 2024
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Unlocking Steps: Introducing the Newest ...

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We are announcing an all-new feature on this week’s episode! WHOOP Founder and CEO Will Ahmed is joined by WHOOP SVP Research Algorithms, and Data Emily Capodilupo to discuss the newest metric on the WHOOP platform, steps! Will and Emily were on the move for this episode and monitoring their steps throughout the recording. They will discuss the all-new feature (1:19), listen back to an old clip of Will denouncing steps (2:28), the importance of accuracy when counting steps (5:26), the difference between steps and Strain (7:06), the research leading to our changing viewpoints on steps (15:26), the impact of being sedentary (18:12), and how members will see Steps inside the WHOOP app (20:37).

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