74. Understanding Heart Rate Variability: The Science Behind Stress and Recovery

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka

Gary Brecka

Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 27 June 2024

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Key takeaways you’ll learn in this episode: - Understanding what HRV is and how it contributes to your overall well-being. - How lifestyle choices affect your HRV. - Simple ways to improve your HRV for better health and stress resilience. Get weekly tips from Gary Brecka on how to optimize your health and lifestyle routines - go to https://www.theultimatehuman.com/ For more info on Gary, please click here: ⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/thegarybrecka Order The 1 Genetic Test That Will Give You Results For Life Here: https://10xhealthnetwork.com/pages/genetic-testing?utm_source=gbrecka%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0b Get The Supplements That Gary Recommends Here: https://10xhealthnetwork.com/pages/supplements?utm_source=gbrecka Sign up for 10X Health Affiliate Program https://10xhealthsystem.com/GBaffiliate ECHO GO PLUS HYDROGEN WATER BOTTLE http://echowater.com BODY HEALTH - USE CODE ULTIMATE10 for 10% OFF YOUR ORDER https://bodyhealth.com/ultimate 📝DESCRIPTION: Let's dive into heart rate variability (HRV), a key indicator of cardiovascular health and stress resilience. Join Gary Brecka, The Ultimate Human, as he explores the science behind HRV and shares practical steps to optimize your health and performance. ⏰TIMESTAMPS: 01:00 - HRV indicates wellness and balance in stress response. 02:04 - The two main branches of the autonomic nervous system. 02:49 - Factors that could influence HRV. 04:00 - Devices that can measure HRV. 05:55 - The relationship between HRV and stress. 06:45 - Strategies to improve HRV and overall health performance. 📱 SOCIAL MEDIA: Gary Brecka: @garybrecka The Ultimate Human: @ultimatehumanpod Subscribe on YouTube: @ultimatehumanpodcast The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka Podcast is for general informational purposes only and does not constitute the practice of medicine, nursing or other professional health care services, including the giving of medical advice, and no doctor/patient relationship is formed. The use of information on this podcast or materials linked from this podcast is at the user’s own risk. The content of this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Users should not disregard or delay in obtaining medical advice for any medical condition they may have and should seek the assistance of their health care professionals for any such conditions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I get tons of questions about HRV and if you've never heard of HRV you're not alone.
0:04.8	So a higher HRV indicates a well-functioning adaptable autonomic nervous system.
0:10.0	So heart rate variability or HRV is the variation in time intervals between heartbeats.
0:16.0	If you have 60 beats a minute, that doesn't mean that your heart beats once every second.
0:21.8	It means that it's beat 60 times in a minute, but the variation between
0:26.1	those beats could be anywhere from. Hey guys, welcome back to the ultimate human podcast. I'm your host Gary Breck,
0:41.8	a human biologist and today we're exploring a
0:44.4	fascinating highly impactful topic heart rate variability. I get tons of
0:49.6	questions about HRV and if you've never heard of HRV you're not alone. But by the end of this
0:54.5	episode you'll understand why it's an essential metric for optimizing your health
0:58.5	and your performance. So heart rate variability or HRV is the variation in time intervals between heartbeats.
1:06.2	Remember, if you have 60 beats a minute, that doesn't mean that your heart beats once every second. It means that it's beat 60 times in a minute,
1:16.4	but the variation between those beats could be anywhere from a partial second to more than
1:21.8	a second to two seconds.
1:23.2	So this, unlike your heart rate,
1:25.4	which measures the number of beats per minute,
1:27.8	HRV looks at the precise intervals between each beat.
1:32.2	So a higher HRV indicates a well-functioning, adaptable,
1:36.1	autonomic nervous system, while a low HRV can be a sign of stress, fatigue, or other health issues.
1:42.4	So HRV is a powerful indicator of your stress fatigue or other health issues.
1:42.6	So HRV is a powerful indicator of your body's
1:45.5	autonomic nervous system, which controls
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