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Blood Flow Restriction Training and Blood Pressure: What You Need to Know

Blood Flow Restriction Training and Blood Press...

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 your blood sugar Trigger...

The Ultimate Guide to Limb Occlusion Pressure (LOP) for Blood Flow Restriction Training

The Ultimate Guide to Limb Occlusion Pressure (...

Understanding limb occlusion pressure (LOP) is a prerequisite to fully understanding the physiology of blood flow restriction. In this article, we’ll discuss: What LOP is Why it’s important What factors...

History of Blood Flow Restriction Training: Where Did it Come From?

History of Blood Flow Restriction Training: Whe...

Given the practice itself seems relatively odd when you first hear it (we’re purposely going to restrict blood flow? Isn’t that counterproductive?), we think it’s important to cover a brief...

What is Limb Occlusion Pressure? (LOP)

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” or arterial occlusion pressure - both...

Should You Train To Failure With Blood Flow Restriction?

Should You Train To Failure With Blood Flow Res...

Blood flow restriction has been demonstrated to be a powerful tool for improving strength, recovery, and endurance while utilizing lighter training loads and shorter sessions. Exactly how hard should you...

Blood Flow Restriction Protocols For Muscle Gain (GUIDE)

Blood Flow Restriction Protocols For Muscle Gai...

Blood flow restriction (BFR) is growing in popularity in physiotherapy, Olympic and professional sports, and weight rooms. Yet, how it works and how it can help people build muscle is still...

Here’s How Olympians Utilised BFR Training in the Olympics 2020

Here’s How Olympians Utilised BFR Training in t...

If you followed the Olympics this year, you may have noticed a wave of athletes utilizing BFR bands between competitions. The NY Times first reported Blood Flow Restriction Training a few weeks...

UFC PERFORMANCE INSTITUTE TO USE NEXT GEN BFR CUFFS FROM SAGA FITNESS  TO HELP ACCELERATE ATHLETE RECOVERY AND ENHANCE TRAINING - SAGA Fitness International - BFR Bands

UFC PERFORMANCE INSTITUTE TO USE NEXT GEN BFR C...

Australian fitness-technology company SAGA Fitness has announced an exciting new partnership with the UFC Performance Institute (UFC PI) the state-of-the-art, mixed martial arts training, research, and sports performance innovation leader, to provide...

How to quickly improve aerobic fitness with Blood Flow Restriction Training - SAGA Fitness International - BFR Bands

How to quickly improve aerobic fitness with Blo...

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, making your body more efficient at...

Why you should add BFR to your training program - SAGA Fitness International - BFR Bands

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 and maintaining bone health and increasing the...

How The BFR Cuffs will help you get your best home workout yet - SAGA Fitness International - BFR Bands

How The BFR Cuffs will help you get your best h...

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 addition to...

What is Blood Flow Restriction and what are the benefits? - SAGA Fitness International - BFR Bands

What is Blood Flow Restriction and what are the...

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 our best...