Episode 4 with Dr. Mike T Nelson - Recent HRV Commotion
Episode description
In this episode Dr. Mike T Nelson and I discuss the recent commotion with HRV as well as:
· The utility of HRV in endurance sports vs. strength sports. We also discuss the new study utilizing both HRV and photoplethysmography (central and peripheral markers) to better identify overreaching.
· Methods for identifying FOR, NFOR, and OTS and how none of them are very prognostic.
· Differences in HRV metrics. Problems with complicated data that may not be predictive in the general population. Would you ideally black athletes out to the data?
· Overall thoughts on biometric tech such as the oura ring etc. Seems like the majority of people who use these don't need it and the sheer amount of data with a fragility mindset can cripple them AKA they just need to master the fundamentals and smash weights for a decade.
For more reading on this topic the links to the majority of the mentioned studies are below.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30702985