About this episode
Angela Ruggiero, 4-time Olympian and Sports Innovation Lab Co-Founder, discusses winning a Gold Medal while still in high school (5:42), carrying the 9/11 flag at the Salt Lake City Games (10:21), using heart rate recovery (14:36) and other biometric data (18:28) to improve her performance long before it was the norm, pregame naps (24:27), visualization and meditation (30:06), playing in a men's pro game (38:08), what's holding back women's sports (43:25), being a contestant on The Apprentice (49:28), her time as a member of the IOC (53:02), technology's impact on sports and the role her business plays in it (1:01:44), and what it means that Netflix says it's biggest competitor is Fortnite (1:13:11). Support the show Follow WHOOP: Sign up for WHOOP Advanced Labs Trial WHOOP for Free www.whoop.com Instagram TikTok YouTube X Facebook LinkedIn Follow Will Ahmed: Instagram X LinkedIn Follow Kristen Holmes: Instagram LinkedIn Follow Emily Capodilupo: LinkedIn