HRV as a biomarker for health, aging, and disease prevention
40 episodes
Ben Greenfield
How stress, supplements, sleep, and lifestyle factors affect your nervous system as measured by HRV. Covers the latest research and practical protocols for HRV optimization.
Dr. Rhonda Patrick
Research on how sauna use improves HRV, lowers blood pressure, and provides cardiovascular benefits similar to exercise. Covers optimal protocols for heart health.
Jason Moore with Dr. Jay Wiles
How to use breathing to improve HRV and reduce stress. Covers the science of "air hunger," why controlled breathing improves self-regulation, and practical biohacks for boosting HRV.
Dr. Gabrielle Lyon with Joel Jamieson
Conditioning expert Joel Jamieson explores the science of recovery, aerobic fitness, and using HRV to train smarter. Covers why elite athletes recover quickly, zone 2 training value, and how HRV...
Glen Runtsch & Joe Lavelle with Marco Altini, PhD
HRV4Training creator Marco Altini discusses using HRV to see stress levels clearly and how HRV biofeedback can retrain the mind-body connection for better emotional self-regulation and stress resilience.
Damien Blenkinsopp with Andrew Flatt
Athlete and HRV researcher Andrew Flatt explains how to use HRV to optimize workouts and training sessions. Research found 60 seconds is enough for valid HRV readings using RMSSD, making daily...
Damien Blenkinsopp with Ronda Collier
SweetWater Health CEO Ronda Collier explains HRV as the variation in beat-to-beat intervals. Covers time domain analysis, statistical approaches, and practical stress management using HRV biofeedback.
Damien Blenkinsopp with Dr. Joon Yun
Physician and longevity researcher Dr. Joon Yun explains HRV's empirical association with aging. As a measure of autonomic and homeostatic capacity, HRV offers a non-invasive, continuous, and...
Mike Matthews with Dr. Mike T Nelson
Human performance specialist Dr. Mike T Nelson explains HRV for training and recovery. Host Mike Matthews, initially skeptical of HRV as a biohack, learns why HRV measurement makes a real...
Jason Wachob with Dr. Leah Lagos
HRV performance coach Dr. Leah Lagos explores optimizing heart rate variability for longevity and resilience. Covers lifestyle modifications, structured training, breathing techniques, wearable...
Chris Williamson with Dr. Leah Lagos
Clinical psychologist and HRV performance coach Dr. Leah Lagos explains the crucial relationship between HRV and brain function plus heart health. Covers the best ways to improve HRV, common...
Siim Land with Dr. Jay Wiles
Clinical psychologist and Hanu Health co-founder Dr. Jay Wiles explains why HRV is crucial for overall health and longevity. Discusses how to increase HRV for better stress resilience and the...
Peter Defty, Zach Bitter with Marco Altini
HRV4Training creator Marco Altini explains how HRV can help anyone from new mothers to elite athletes optimize health and performance. Covers the app's key features including iPhone camera...
Gary Brecka
Human biologist Gary Brecka explores the science behind HRV and shares practical steps to optimize health and performance. Explains how your heart doesnt beat like a metronome and variability...
Carrick Institute with Dr. Mike T Nelson
Dr. Mike T Nelson discusses HRV and its clinical applications in human performance enhancement and healthcare. Covers his 18 years studying metabolism and heart rate variability, plus practical...
Ari Whitten with Dr. Mike T Nelson
Dr. Mike T Nelson discusses HRV as a crucial health metric most people miss. Covers how HRV relates to fight-or-flight vs rest-and-digest, practical applications for daily life and workouts, HRV...
Ben Greenfield with Keith Rabois
Founders Fund partner Keith Rabois shares how he tracks heart rate metrics including resting HR, 2-minute recovery, and HRV. Discusses correlations between metrics, optimizing workouts, sleep...
Lisa Franz with Dr. Mike T Nelson
Dr. Mike T Nelson discusses HRV as a marker of health and its connection to longevity. Covers his journey from weight training to studying metabolism and HRV, explains metabolic flexibility and...
Jason Moore with Don Moxley
Sport scientist Don Moxley reveals the exact tests contributing to national titles and gold medals at Ohio State. Covers four pillars of monitoring - body composition, physical output,...
Jason Moore with Don Moxley
Don Moxley shares insights from working in the cannabis industry and explains spermidine and autophagy. Covers the endocannabinoid system, cannabis legislation evolution, and using cannabis...
Kayla Barnes-Lentz with Dr. Jay Wiles
Clinical health psychologist Dr. Jay Wiles discusses the stress-health connection through HRV. Explains that VO2 max significantly correlates with HRV baseline - as cardio-respiratory fitness...
Dr. Ron Ehrlich with Dr. Torkil Faero
Dr. Torkil Faero, author of The Pulse Cure, explains how understanding HRV can revolutionise personal health monitoring. Covers the vital role of the vagus nerve, lifestyle impacts on disease...
One Thirty with Dr. Torkil Faero
Dr. Torkil Faero shares how to optimize health by monitoring HRV to understand what really stresses your nervous system. Includes learnings from working with thousands of people through the Pulse...
Connor Beaton with Dr. Leah Lagos
Deep dive into managing stress and using it to your advantage through HRV. Dr. Leah Lagos shares her 15 years of clinical study and application treating health and performance challenges. Learn...
Kelly Starrett, Juliet Starrett with Rob Wilson
Performance educator Rob Wilson discusses his book Check Engine Light with Kelly and Juliet Starrett. Covers the problem with democratized health metrics like HRV when you dont know how to...
Damien Blenkinsopp with Todd Becker
Biotech scientist Todd Becker shares N=1 experiments using hormesis to improve HRV as a longevity proxy. Cold exposure proved effective - 5-minute cold showers raised HRV and lowered resting heart...
Ben Greenfield with Ronda Collier
Ben Greenfield deep dives into HRV myths and truths with SweetWater Health founder Ronda Collier. Covers how HRV tracks training status and overtraining risk. Explains SweetBeat app algorithms and...
Dan Pardi, PhD with Professor Phyllis Stein
Professor Phyllis Stein, Director of HRV Lab at Washington University School of Medicine, discusses identifying markers for cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular mortality from continuous heart...
Danny Lennon with Alessandro Ferretti
Nutritionist Alessandro Ferretti discusses relationship between HRV and blood glucose. When glucose elevates compared to baseline, generally HRV is lower - connected to inflammatory response not...
Jason Moore with Robyn Everingham
Elite HRV community member Robyn Everingham shares her impressive 862-day HRV reading streak using CorSense. Discusses motivation for consistent tracking, walking away from corporate life,...
Jef Fry with Dean Dwyer
At age 53, Dean Dwyer finally figured out how to fix the mindset preventing him from having the body he wanted. Shares minimal viable threshold principle for sustainable habit change. Struggled...
Jef Fry with Josh Holland
Movement specialist and biohacker Josh Holland discusses choosing low hanging fruit for long-term health impact. Shares his Pillars of Health building one upon another. Covers cold packs...
Mike Robertson with Joel Jamieson
HRV expert Joel Jamieson discusses longevity and cardiovascular disease prevention. Covers his personal health scare fighting family CVD history, why Zone 2 cardio differs from lifting weights for...
Matt Bennett, Inna Khazan with Dr. Yori Gidron
Dr. Yori Gidron from University of Haifa discusses his research on HRV and the vagus nerve with hosts Inna Khazan and Matt Bennett. The vagus nerve innervates most internal organs and its activity...
Matt Bennett with Greg Elliott
Greg Elliott, co-founder of HealthQb Technologies and HRV course instructor, discusses measuring HRV for better health outcomes. As a clinical exercise physiologist and osteopath, Greg shares...
Matt Bennett with Dr. Jenae Spencer, Dr. Scotty Butcher
Licensed therapist Dr. Jenae Spencer and biofeedback coach Dr. Scotty Butcher discuss integrating HRV tracking and biofeedback into coaching and therapy services. Dr. Spencer specializes in...
Dr. Frederick Carrick with Dr. Mike T Nelson
Dr. Mike T Nelson discusses HRV applications in clinical practice with the Carrick Institute. Covers how practitioners can use HRV to assess patient autonomic function, guide treatment decisions,...
Ari Whitten with Dr. Mike T Nelson
Dr. Mike T Nelson explains HRV science for energy optimization and longevity with Ari Whitten. Covers how HRV reflects mitochondrial function, why it matters for aging, practical ways to improve...
Dr. Brad Cooper with Dr. Emma Mosley
Dr. Emma Mosley takes listeners through the what, when, why and how of HRV and practical applications in coaching and clinical settings. Covers how to tap into HRV insights in everyday life,...
Dr. Gil Blander, Ashley Reaver with Dr. Marco Altini
Marco Altini discusses how stress impacts the autonomic nervous system and what factors influence HRV. HRV is 5-10x more sensitive than heart rate for detecting stress. Covers interpreting this...
