WHOOP: Will Ahmed
How I Built This with Guy Raz
- Published
- July 21, 2025
- Duration
- 1h 5m
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Jun 24, 2026
Discusses As a Harvard squash player, Will Ahmed discovered his game improved when he focused on things like s…
Summary
As a Harvard squash player, Will Ahmed discovered his game improved when he focused on things like sleep, diet, and time spent recovering from training. He was convinced that granular health and heart data would become invaluable to other athletes if it could be bundled into a wearable wrist strap. In 2012, Will founded WHOOP, and after three years the co…
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As a Harvard squash player, Will Ahmed discovered his game improved when he focused on things like sleep, diet, and time spent recovering from training. He was convinced that granular health and heart data would become invaluable to other athletes if it could be bundled into a wearable wrist strap. In 2012, Will founded WHOOP, and after three years the company launched its first model, with Lebron James and Michael Phelps as advocates. But WHOOP struggled to gain traction with mere mortals, and