On this episode of the Ben Greenfield Fitness Podcast, I've been working with numerous

elite professional athletes and executives that have found HRV training to be the most

effective behavioral intervention for enhancing performance.

For our survival, we do not want to pump the brakes and give our mind and body the message

to relax in that case.

It is a time where we need all of our resources and faculties to get out of the situation.

Five minute resting baseline of the low frequency to high frequency ratio may not be our best

estimate of autonomic balance.

Health, performance, nutrition, longevity, ancestral living, biohacking, and much more.

My name is Ben Greenfield.

Welcome to the show.

Howdy, how everybody.

It's Ben and on today's podcast episode, I'm turning over the reins of the podcast, which

may or may not be prudent of me to my crazy jolly sidekick J T. Wiles, who you're likely

very much familiar with if you're a long time podcast listener because he's my usual sidekick

on my Q and A episodes.

But what you may not know about Dr. J is that he's a big expert in all things heart rate variability,

testing, tracking, and interpretation.

In this podcast, he's going to get deep dive into how to use HRV to optimize your recovery,

your performance, your sleep, your stress, your nervous system, and a whole lot more.

He's a clinical health psychologist working out of Greenville, North Carolina.

He's got his fingers in a lot of pots, but he helps people with diabetes, chronic pain,

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