Episode 8 of The Nest Podcast! In this episode Alex looks into Blood Flow Restriction Training also known as BFR.

Discussion Topics:

• What is it?
• How does it work?
• The physiology of hypertrophy.
• The physiology of BFR.
• Safety concerns.
• How should it be used?

Key Paper(s) Referred to:

•  The 3 mechanisms of hypertrophy
• History of BFR
• The role of metabolic stress (Conrado de freitas et al, 2017)
• The safety of BFR (Loenneke, 2011)
• Safety of BFR (Vanwye, 2017)
• Papers comparing BFR to High intensity exercise
  • Lowery, 2013
  • Takarada, 2000
  • Loenneke, 2012

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