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A Hot Fitness Trend Among Olympians: Blood Flow Restriction
DNYUZ ^ | 21 July 2021 | DNYUZ

Posted on 07/21/2021 6:15:35 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

They are among the elite athletes who have become disciples of a practice known as blood flow restriction, which is exactly what it sounds like: cutting off blood flow to certain muscles for limited periods to both enhance the effects of training and stimulate recovery.

Sato, 73, has been honing the technique and spreading its gospel for most of his adult life, building a small fortune in the process as a Japanese version of Jack LaLanne. He has created a practice and a series of products called Kaatsu that are geared toward blood flow restriction. Sato still practices blood flow restriction every day, and now marvels at the attention it is getting

“You can get the benefits of swimming 10,000 yards by swimming maybe a thousand,” he said recently.

He often straps the bands onto his arms for 25-yard sprints and tries to achieve the same times as when he is not wearing them.

Not everyone has jumped on the bandwagon. Dave Marsh, who has coached numerous swimmers to the Olympics and is directing Israel’s team in Tokyo, said one of his athletes had used blood flow restriction for recovery and rehabilitation from injury, but he had yet to recommend it in training.

“The first job of a coach is to not do any harm,” Marsh said. “It seemed to me that with blood flow restriction, it could lead an athlete to take a step backward.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Health/Medicine; Sports
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The big problem...BIG BLOOD PRESSURE.

My BP is AOK, my wife watches hers and recently purchased a new Bluetooth BP meter.

So I had to play with it while doing High-Intensity Intervals (HIIT). Exercise increases your BP, LOTS!

At peak, my pulse is 167 on the spin bike but I had to take a minute to place the cuff and it dropped to 144 pulses/min.

228/112 !!!! My normal resting average is 118/78. So that is a big jump and I would not want to induce any local increases with bands.

My Physician said my findings were not unusual.

1 posted on 07/21/2021 6:15:35 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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To: DUMBGRUNT

That sounds like an extremely dangerous practice, one that may suit a small group of people only.
It sounds like a good way to give yourself a Stroke!


2 posted on 07/21/2021 6:28:23 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Liberals have been practicing this for decades.
Restricting blood flow to their brains....................


3 posted on 07/21/2021 6:28:31 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: lee martell; DUMBGRUNT

David Carradine...............................


4 posted on 07/21/2021 6:29:27 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Dr. Mercola has advocated this on his website.
I normally like his articles, but no thanks.


5 posted on 07/21/2021 6:36:10 AM PDT by GnuThere
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To: lee martell

—”It sounds like a good way to give yourself a Stroke!”

That is how I see it?

That said, some weight lifters have been using compression shirts for a long time and their blood pressure is up near the moon.
I have not noticed any news about the need for the government to regulate compression suits for powerlifters?


6 posted on 07/21/2021 6:38:04 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Wsit till a Pro Athlete or some Celebrity’s son gets hospitalized for it. They’ll be on the Joi Reid talk show, demanding for Biden to declare it unlawful.


7 posted on 07/21/2021 6:43:33 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: Red Badger

What a way to go, for somebody like David. All those years of playing that Kung Fu character may have scrambled his brains. His father didn’t exhibit that kind of personality, nor did his younger brother.


8 posted on 07/21/2021 6:50:56 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: lee martell

A few years back, we had a career Air Force officer die the same way. Body was found on his kitchen floor by the AF Police...................


9 posted on 07/21/2021 6:55:28 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Voodoo bands. My distance runner son told me his whole college cross country team used them on their legs.


10 posted on 07/21/2021 7:16:19 AM PDT by olivia3boys
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Aneurysm. Make a little mistake into a big mistake.


11 posted on 07/21/2021 7:20:16 AM PDT by StAnDeliver (Eric Coomer of Dominion Voting Systems Is The Blue Dress.)
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To: lee martell

He also did a lot of drugs.


12 posted on 07/21/2021 7:36:52 AM PDT by Dutch Boy
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To: Red Badger

Proof that it only fails once.


13 posted on 07/21/2021 8:15:29 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: Red Badger

Restricting blood flow to their brains....................= = =

To make them smarter?

Well it is working. If they would just tighten that neck tourniquet a little more they would finally learn the ultimate Truth.


14 posted on 07/21/2021 8:23:56 AM PDT by Scrambler Bob (My /s is more true than your /science (or you might mean /seance))
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Are the combining the technique with a Covid shot?


15 posted on 07/21/2021 8:24:34 AM PDT by Scrambler Bob (My /s is more true than your /science (or you might mean /seance))
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To: olivia3boys

—”Voodoo bands.”

I had to look it up sounds like a related procedure?

My muscles much prefer fresh oxygenated blood and lots of it!
Also my knees need lots of fresh synovial fluid, much better than Mobil 1.
For me going into a workout and NOT being in a hard sweat is just asking for problems.

“You will only leave the Voodoo floss on for about two minutes.”

https://www.crossfitinvictus.com/blog/the-wonderful-world-of-voodoo-floss/


16 posted on 07/21/2021 8:26:35 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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One thing that happens to people who compete in iron man is that their hearts get a lot bigger. when they get old and can’t compete anymore—their hearts start to contract and wrinkle like a prune. they get bad cases of atrial fibrillation.

this restriction strategy which jacks up blood pressure —looks like it will do the same thing over time with less effort.


17 posted on 07/21/2021 9:04:28 AM PDT by ckilmer
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To: DUMBGRUNT

One thing that happens to people who compete in iron man is that their hearts get a lot bigger. when they get old and can’t compete anymore—their hearts start to contract and wrinkle like a prune. they get bad cases of atrial fibrillation.

this restriction strategy which jacks up blood pressure —looks like it will do the same thing over time with less effort.


18 posted on 07/21/2021 9:04:32 AM PDT by ckilmer
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—”One thing that happens to people who compete in iron man is that their hearts get a lot bigger. “

There are enlarged hearts and athlete’s heart, they are not the same. But possible to have both.

I have a friend that is a near-elite ultra runner, completed the UTMB (Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc) a few times, and many US ultras. I hear a lot about the sport.

A long and interesting article on the topic:

Cycling to extremes: Heart health and endurance sports

https://www.velonews.com/cycling-to-extremes-heart-health-and-endurance-sports/

Still, there is no arguing that physical activity is an effective, efficient, and virtually incomparable way to care for your heart, fight cardiovascular disease, and prolong your life. For every journal article that says endurance athletics is hurting their heart, there is one that says the opposite. Or maybe two.


19 posted on 07/21/2021 10:32:14 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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I don’t disagree that regular exercise is very healthy and needed by the body.

The exercise requirements and exercise limits for the young and old are different.

I can’t say that I understand the heart issues well—except that I was told about the downside to iron man by a heart surgeon for atrial fibrillation who said he saw aging iron men in their 50’s in his office regularly for ablations that are designed with some success to stop atrial fibrillation.


20 posted on 07/21/2021 10:49:41 AM PDT by ckilmer
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