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A low HRV score is usually noise and sometimes a signal. Here is how to tell them apart, in four tiers, and which blood...
Your HRV status comes from overnight readings your watch compares to your own baseline. Here is what the colours mean an...
Your autonomic nervous system runs your heart rate, digestion and recovery without you thinking about it. Here is how th...
Your HRV is the variation between heartbeats, measured in milliseconds. Here is what the number does say about recovery,...
Increased intestinal permeability is a real, measured phenomenon. Leaky gut as a standalone diagnosis, and the zonulin t...
Two rest days a week is a starting point, not a law. Your training is only part of your load. Here is how to work out wh...
A resting heart rate of 45 is normal in a trained endurance athlete and a reason to call your GP in a non-athlete. Here...
A deload is not a reward and not a fixed fourth week. It is an intervention with a reason. These are the signals that ma...
The reference range on your lab report was built for people who do not train. In trained men the normal upper limit runs...
Massage comes out strongest in the meta-analyses, stretching does almost nothing. Here is the honest ranking of recovery...
Muscle recovery usually takes 24 to 72 hours, and almost everything you read about speeding it up is a tip with no measu...
Your zones almost certainly come from 220 minus your age. That sum was taken apart in 2001. Here is how many beats it co...