Heart Rate Variability
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Franceschetti: Eating pizza raises resting heart rate 10-15% and drops HRV 12%
“My heart rate Friday night when I have pizza is my cheat day. My heart rate rest goes up 10, 15%, and HRV drops around 12%.”
Forenza: EEG measures mental stress much more accurately than HRV-based wearables
“Exactly, because it's a measure of HRV. We tap into the central nervous system, which is where everything originates, and so we can have much, much higher accuracy, The real time component of EEG is phenomenal. We give you a sample of your emotion every second…”
Ahmed: Baselining daily HRV reveals human recovery and stress states
“If you can measure this thing and baseline it to a human, you could understand in any given moment the state of their body. Is your body at peace? Is it recovered? Is it stressed? And it also became obvious if you could measure heart rate variability during a …”
Dr. Lagos: Higher HRV Gives Greater Control Over Stress Responses
“So the larger your HRV, the more control you have over your autonomic response to stress before, during, and after a stressor.”
Dr. Lagos: Innately High HRV Correlates With Endurance Athletes
“There's no magic number, and it very much depends on your body, your system, your experiences in life. There are some people just born innately with higher levels of HRV. They tend, it's interesting, Shane, they tend to be endurance athletes.”
Dr. Lagos: Chronic alcohol consumption consistently lowers heart rate variability
“There is evidence, certainly, that chronic alcohol use chronically lowers HRV.”
Dr. Lagos: Moderate caffeine doesn't impact HRV, but five-plus cups harms performance
“Two cups of coffee for most people doesn't have a huge impact on heart rate variability such that if you're a performer and you have a competition, I would, I wouldn't say that having two cups of coffee is really going to impact you. Having five cups or more s…”
Dr. Lagos: HRV and sleep quality share a bidirectional physiological relationship
“Certainly HRV, high HRV is associated with better sleep. Low HRV is associated with conditions like insomnia and sleep apnea. Non-restorative sleep will negatively impact HRV, so there is this circular effect”
Dr. Lagos: Resonant Breathing Averages Five to Six Breaths Per Minute
“It's generally between five and 6.5 breaths per minute, but everyone is slightly different, and we're able to maximize HRV on each breath.”
Dr. Lagos: Specific songs can heighten HRV for certain people
“Music, for some people, can really produce a heightened HRV effect, and, you know, Joe and I can talk with you later about some of the things that we did along with the breathing to maximize HRV in real time for specific performance states, but you have to fin…”
Dr. Lagos: Consistent meal timing creates physiological safety and maximizes HRV
“What I see more frequently is that when we time the expected time that you eat, irrespective of what you're eating, but that you eat generally at the same time, let's say seven o'clock, one o'clock, six o'clock, five days a week, the body feels safe. It can pr…”
Mazzulla Used HRV Training to Prepare for NBA Head Coaching Pressure
“And so, you know, it being my first year, you know, as a head coach, I wanted to work on myself. I wanted to build an awareness of myself, how my body, how my mind, how my heart reacts to stress so that I could be a precursor for our team, so that I could be t…”
Mazzulla: Peak Leadership Demands Energy Oscillation Over Constant Calm
“I always felt like I had to act quote unquote calm or always had to be a certain way in order to make good decisions or you can't make decisions if you're not calm. And what I learned and something we really started working on was the oscillation process. You …”