Podcast 353: WHOOP 2025 Year in Review with Dr. Kristen Holmes and Emily Capodilupo

On this week’s episode of the WHOOP Podcast, WHOOP Global Head of Human Performance, Principal Scientist Dr. Kristen Holmes and WHOOP SVP of Research, Algorithms and Data, Emily Capodilupo sit down to give you an exclusive look into the WHOOP 2025 Year in Review. Emily and Dr. Holmes share the numerous features released by WHOOP this year, including WHOOP Age and Healthspan, advances in AI capabilities, WHOOP Advanced Labs, and more – all in the effort to add 1 billion healthy years to people's lives.

Emily and Dr. Holmes give an inside look into the development of each new feature, the science behind them, and the ways members can continue to use WHOOP to improve their health. Emily shares her own experience and goals of lowering her WHOOP Age, while Dr. Holmes shares how Healthspan motivated her and her family.

Together, Emily and Dr. Holmes unpack global WHOOP trends of 2025. Emily matches outstanding WHOOP metrics from some of our partners and previous podcast guests, and even teases some exciting WHOOP developments coming in 2026.

Episode Chapters

00:10 - WHOOP 2025 Year in Review 00:48 - Impact of WHOOP Age and Healthspan 06:41 - What it took to create WHOOP Age 09:50 - AI advancements 14:14 - WHOOP Advanced Labs 23:54 - Women’s health and cycle tracking on WHOOP 28:22 - 2025 superlatives 29:35 - How strength training has impacted longevity and healthspan 30:00 - Impact of sleep consistency on overall health 33:05 - Training to live better 37:02 - True or false, sleep edition 38:48 - Crowning the healthiest country 46:52 - Most logged Strain activities for 2025 47:37 - Looking ahead to 2026