The Blood Flow Restriction Podcast

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Disclaimer: This episode and all information on SAGA’s podcast, website, and other platforms is for informational or educational purposes only, and does not substitute professional medical advice or consultations with healthcare professionals.

The Blood Flow Restriction Podcast is brought to you by SAGA - a world leader in innovative BFR technology.

Take 20% off our bluetooth-enabled, auto-calibrating BFR cuffs with the discount code "bfrpodcast" - Shop here.

Download The Comprehensive Guide to BFR Training for free here: BFR Ebook

Contact: [email protected]

Disclaimer: This episode and all information on SAGA’s podcast, website, and other platforms is for informational or educational purposes only, and does not substitute professional medical advice or consultations with healthcare professionals.

The Blood Flow Restriction Podcast is brought to you by SAGA - a world leader in innovative BFR technology.

Take 20% off our bluetooth-enabled, auto-calibrating BFR cuffs with the discount code "bfrpodcast" - Shop here.

Download The Comprehensive Guide to BFR Training for free here: BFR Ebook

References

Effects of Blood Flow Restriction Training on Muscular Strength and Hypertrophy in Older Individuals: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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Disclaimer: This episode and all information on SAGA’s podcast, website, and other platforms is for informational or educational purposes only, and does not substitute professional medical advice or consultations with healthcare professionals.

The Blood Flow Restriction Podcast is brought to you by SAGA - a world leader in innovative BFR technology.

Download The Comprehensive Guide to BFR Training for free here: BFR Ebook

Contact: [email protected]

Disclaimer: This episode and all information on SAGA’s podcast, website, and other platforms is for informational or educational purposes only, and does not substitute professional medical advice or consultations with healthcare professionals.

The Blood Flow Restriction Podcast is brought to you by SAGA - a world leader in innovative BFR technology.

Download The Comprehensive Guide to BFR Training for free here: BFR Ebook

Contact: [email protected]

Disclaimer: This episode and all information on SAGA’s podcast, website, and other platforms is for informational or educational purposes only, and does not substitute professional medical advice or consultations with healthcare professionals.

The Blood Flow Restriction Podcast is brought to you by SAGA - a world leader in innovative BFR technology.

Download The Comprehensive Guide to BFR Training for free here: BFR Ebook

References

The effects of upper body blood flow restriction training on muscles located proximal to the applied occlusive pressure: A systematic review with meta-analysis

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Disclaimer: This episode and all information on SAGA’s podcast, website, and other platforms is for informational or educational purposes only, and does not substitute professional medical advice or consultations with healthcare professionals.

The Blood Flow Restriction Podcast is brought to you by SAGA - a world leader in innovative BFR technology.

Download The Comprehensive Guide to BFR Training for free here: BFR Ebook

Joel Novak is a Doctor of Physical Therapy, Owner of My Performance Rehab, and BFR educator. His extensive experience not only teaching the science and application of BFR, but applying it with his patients in the field has given him a unique perspective. Thus, he has spent considerable time exploring some of the lesser discussed applications of BFR training - several of which we discussed in this episode.

SAGA has notoriously taken a broad position against implementing high velocity movements under BFR (when the purpose is to train and improve maximum velocity) which made for an interesting and fruitful conversation when the topic of BFR for improving sprint speed entered the discussion.

Beyond the above, we discussed perceived safety barriers to entry of BFR training, phase potentiation, and the pain-mitigating effects that BFR seems to elicit (including protocols Joel implements with his patients).

References

Low-Intensity Sprint Training With Blood Flow Restriction Improves 100-m Dash

Lunge exercises with blood-flow restriction induces post-activation potentiation and improves vertical jump performance

Comparison of Blood Flow Restriction Training versus Non-Occlusive Training in Patients with Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction or Knee Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review

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Disclaimer: This episode and all information on SAGA’s podcast, website, and other platforms is for informational or educational purposes only, and does not substitute professional medical advice or consultations with healthcare professionals.

The Blood Flow Restriction Podcast is brought to you by SAGA - a world leader in innovative BFR technology.

Download The Comprehensive Guide to BFR Training for free here: BFR Ebook

Nathan Smith, PhD is an exercise science lecturer at The University of Notre Dame Australia and lead author on several papers exploring the benefits and applications of blood flow restriction training for endurance athletes. 

His review paper (linked below) offers a comprehensive analysis of the potential benefits and considerations of implementing BFR during aerobic training for endurance athletes. In this chat, we discuss:

• Markers of endurance
• The physiology of an aerobic session under BFR (versus a traditional aerobic session)
• The three primary mechanisms by which BFR could uniquely enhance endurance performance
• Protocols
• Pressure recommendations 
• The exciting direction BFR & endurance research is headed

All in, this episode serves as a master class for implementing the modality of BFR for improved endurance performance.

References

Aerobic Training With Blood Flow Restriction for Endurance Athletes: Potential Benefits and Considerations of Implementation

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Disclaimer: This episode and all information on SAGA’s podcast, website, and other platforms is for informational or educational purposes only, and does not substitute professional medical advice or consultations with healthcare professionals.

The Blood Flow Restriction Podcast is brought to you by SAGA - a world leader in innovative BFR technology.

Download The Comprehensive Guide to BFR Training for free here: BFR Ebook

This episode serves as part 3 of an in-depth 4-part series on the potential cognitive benefits to BFR training. Much of the information discussed in this series is pulled from a 2021 hypothesis paper by Yamada et al. (Acute exercise and cognition: A review with testable questions for future research into cognitive enhancement with blood flow restriction).

In this episode, we review 3 of the potential mechanisms by which BFR could favorably impact cognition.

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References

Maintained exercise-enhanced brain executive function related to cerebral lactate metabolism in men

Increased FXYD1 and PGC-1α mRNA after blood flow-restricted running is related to fibre type-specific AMPK signaling and oxidative stress in human muscle

A novel gravity-induced blood flow restriction model augments ACC phosphorylation and PGC-1α mRNA in human skeletal muscle following aerobic exercise: a randomized crossover study

The acute angiogenic signaling response to low-load resistance exercise with blood flow restriction

Developing the catecholamines hypothesis for the acute exercise-cognition interaction in humans: Lessons from animal studies

Experimental Effects of Acute Exercise on Episodic Memory Function: Considerations for the Timing of Exercise

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Disclaimer: This episode and all information on SAGA’s podcast, website, and other platforms is for informational or educational purposes only, and does not substitute professional medical advice or consultations with healthcare professionals.

The Blood Flow Restriction Podcast is brought to you by SAGA - a world leader in innovative BFR technology.

This episode serves as part 2 of an in-depth 4-part series on the potential cognitive benefits to BFR training. Much of the information discussed in this series is pulled from a 2021 hypothesis paper by Yamada et al. (Acute exercise and cognition: A review with testable questions for future research into cognitive enhancement with blood flow restriction).

After reviewing the literature on general exercise and cognition in part 1, this episode dives directly into BFR training & cognition. We review the two studies to date that have directly investigated BFR's impact on cognition and describe the findings.

Take 20% off our bluetooth-enabled, auto-calibrating BFR cuffs with the discount code "bfrpodcast" - Shop here.

References

Low-Load Resistance Exercise Improves Cognitive Function In Older Adults

Blood Flow Restriction Improves Executive Function after Walking

Lactate Transport and Signaling in the Brain: Potential Therapeutic Targets and Roles in Body—Brain Interaction

Acute physiological responses to low-intensity blood flow restriction cycling

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Disclaimer: This episode and all information on SAGA’s podcast, website, and other platforms is for informational or educational purposes only, and does not substitute professional medical advice or consultations with healthcare professionals.