With our HRV, you know, when we are experiencing lower HRV, what's that, what that generally

is a function of is that we're asking our autonomic nervous system, the sympathetic branch

to send a lot of signals to the heart that are telling the heart to increase, right?

And that, when we're telling our heart to increase, we're also releasing adrenaline,

epinephrine, you know, cortisol, so all of these kind of, you know, heart pumping type

of hormones, which are really good when we need to be activated, but there's a lot of

times throughout the day, we do not need to be activated, right?

Like when we're checking our email or check our email, it is in those moments where we

want to try to actively bring our heart rate down.

So we're not in a situation where we're chronically activated throughout the day, because

that is what, that is what, you know, we'll rear its head when we're trying to fall asleep

at night and we're so activated that we can't wind down or we're so tired that we fall

asleep, but we end up having a fragmented sleep experience because we haven't, we've

allowed this stress to accumulate over the course of the day.

Hello, and welcome to pursuing health.

I'm Dr. Julie Fouche, family physician and former CrossFit Games athlete.

Here I bring you information and inspiration to help bridge the gap between fitness and

medicine and support your journey toward your healthiest self.

Before we dive into the episode, I do want to make it clear that this podcast is for

general information only and does not provide medical advice.

I recommend that you seek assistance from your personal physician for any health conditions

or concerns.

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