Blood Flow Restriction Training and Blood Pressure: What You Need to Know
If someone told you to go do something that would do all of the below: Raise your blood pressure Increase systemic inflammation in your body Spike...
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The Ultimate Guide to Limb Occlusion Pressure (LOP) for Blood Flow Restriction Training
Understanding limb occlusion pressure (LOP) is a prerequisite to fully understanding the physiology of blood flow restriction. In this article, we’...
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History of Blood Flow Restriction Training: Where Did it Come From?
Given the practice itself seems relatively odd when you first hear it (we’re purposely going to restrict blood flow? Isn’t that counterproductive?)...
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What is Limb Occlusion Pressure? (LOP)
Limb occlusion pressure (LOP) is a foundational concept to understand in blood flow restriction training. You may also hear it referred to as “AOP”...
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Should You Train To Failure With Blood Flow Restriction?
Blood flow restriction has been demonstrated to be a powerful tool for improving strength, recovery, and endurance while utilizing lighter training...
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Blood Flow Restriction Protocols For Muscle Gain Guide
Blood flow restriction (BFR) is growing in popularity in physiotherapy, Olympic and professional sports, and weight rooms. Yet, how it works and h...
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Here’s How Olympians Utilised BFR Training in the Olympics 2020
If you followed the Olympics this year, you may have noticed a wave of athletes utilizing BFR bands between competitions. The NY Times first report...
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UFC PERFORMANCE INSTITUTE TO USE NEXT GEN BFR CUFFS FROM SAGA FITNESS TO HELP ACCELERATE ATHLETE RECOVERY AND ENHANCE TRAINING
Australian fitness-technology company SAGA Fitness has announced an exciting new partnership with the UFC Performance Institute (UFC PI) the state-...
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How to quickly improve aerobic fitness with Blood Flow Restriction Training
Add some spice to your training with this quick-hit aerobic workout with Blood Flow Restriction. BFR is known to help improve your aerobic capacity...
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Why you should add BFR to your training program
There are many positive effects of strength training on the body. This includes making you stronger and fitter, helping to lose weight, developing ...
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How The BFR Cuffs will help you get your best home workout yet
If you’ve transitioned to a home gym set up and are reluctant to start forking out for a gym membership again, The BFR cuffs could be the perfect a...
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What is Blood Flow Restriction and what are the benefits?
So you’ve heard the term Blood Flow Restriction (BFR) but you’re not quite sure what it is, what the benefits are or how to get started. We’ve done...
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