[Nervous System] Methods for Understanding and Improving Physiological Stress w/ Dr. Chris Perry, Anders Varner, Doug Larson, and Travis Mash #739
Barbell Shrugged
Doug Larson
4.7 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 20 March 2024
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Dr. Christopher A. Perry, an Assistant Professor at Eastern Kentucky University, began his fitness journey at Penn State University, where he developed a robust background in Strength & Conditioning leading to 17 years in the industry to date.
His academic path, leading through a PhD at Arizona State University, deepened his expertise in Exercise Science & Sports, Sleep & Circadian Rhythms, and Nutrition.
Chris's current research focuses on sleep, movement analysis, and CO2 tolerance, particularly in tactical populations and collegiate athletes.
His work aims to enhance performance, wellness, and longevity health outcomes, demonstrating his commitment to advancing the field of exercise and sports science.
Beyond his academic pursuits, Chris is an executive performance coach, weight loss consultant, fitness entrepreneurship mentor, podcast host, and enjoys engaging in coffee culture and movie discussions.
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| 0:00.0 | Truck Family this week on Barbell Shrug, Dr. |
| 0:03.0 | Perry is back in the house. |
| 0:05.0 | Do you guys remember back maybe about a month and a half ago, |
| 0:07.0 | Chris came in here and dropped some serious knowledge on sleep, |
| 0:10.0 | which was very, very cool. |
| 0:12.0 | And we're having him back today to talk about the |
| 0:13.4 | nervous system so for any of you people that may be stressed out some |
| 0:19.1 | tactics to get over that and then even people when this comes down to like |
| 0:22.4 | so many people that are just very very good |
| 0:26.0 | we'll call them the high-performing humans that do not get bogged down in stress |
| 0:30.0 | it's like the emotions we just shove the stress down and act like we don't feel it or we act like we don't see it and |
| 0:36.6 | Mainly you're not testing for it or trying to analyze where those stressors are and a lot of times it's just stuck in your physiology. The more we |
| 0:44.2 | push it down the more we ignore it the less we're dealing with it and then all of a |
| 0:48.8 | sudden we come back with labs or kind of like health issues. |
| 0:54.2 | We don't really understand why these like mystery symptoms |
| 0:57.6 | appear. |
| 0:58.2 | And a lot of times, it's just, it's a total cumulative load, |
| 1:02.1 | the alostatic load of stress on our bodies. |
| 1:05.2 | So if you have a high stress job, if you have a relationships that are not doing great in your |
| 1:09.8 | life, if you're trying to build something very, very cool, which demands a lot of your time and attention and you're getting pulled in different directions and then all of a sudden you go and tack on four or five six days of super high intensity weight training and your body's not recovering we go go, why is all this happening? |
| 1:23.2 | Why is my sleep not great? |
| 1:24.9 | A lot of times it just comes down to the fact |
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