The Official KAATSU Episode: Everything You Need To Know About How To Use Blood Flow Restriction For Muscle Gain, Injury Recovery, Testosterone, Growth Hormone & Much More!

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🗓️ 25 April 2020

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

What is KAATSU?

KAATSU is a safe and effective form of exercise, rehabilitation and recovery invented in Japan in 1966. Patented pneumatic equipment enables your arms and legs to modify venous flow which leads to a cascade of positive physiological effects. KAATSU is supported by decades of extensive research at top academic institutions, specific protocols proven with millions of users in 32 countries, and patented procedures in sports, exercise, rehabilitation and wellness activities both in the water and on land. KAATSU is a Japanese word and trademarked term where KA (加) means “additional” and ATSU (圧) means “pressure”.

In today's episode w/ Kaatsu experts John Doolittle and Steven Munatones, you'll hear:

How Kaatsu affects the body...15:50

How Kaatsu aids in muscle growth...26:50

The difference between Kaatsu and BFR training...50:45

Why Kaatsu is perfect for training during the coronavirus quarantine...58:15

And much more.

All show notes, including links to previous BGF podcasts, articles related to Kaatsu, and many more resources can be found at bengreenfieldfitness.com/kaatsupodcast

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0:00.0	On this episode of the Ben Greenfield Fitness Podcast.
0:04.6	He was essentially paralyzed, but because it was a brain injury, something with the
0:10.2	autonomic nervous system, we were able to help get things turned on on his left side.
0:16.3	And this is what he recommends to people who have lower back issues, people who for whatever
0:21.3	reason they don't want to do a sit-up, but they can walk with a book on their head.
0:25.4	Gone are the days of, hey, I'm going to work, a legs hard today, and I can't do them
0:30.6	again for three or four days.
0:32.4	You can do them again the same day or the next morning.
0:35.0	No problem.
0:36.0	Health, performance, nutrition, longevity, ancestral living, biohacking, and much more.
0:47.3	My name is Ben Greenfield.
0:49.3	Welcome to the show.
0:56.4	All right, you guys have been asking.
0:58.6	So here you go, Katsu training.
1:01.3	I've talked a lot about blood flow restriction training before.
1:03.8	It's different than these Katsu Japanese devices.
1:06.7	So I got a couple of cats on the show who have been immersed with some of these Japanese
1:12.3	researchers, a badass former Navy SEAL who uses this a ton in his training.
1:18.5	And I've been using the Katsu that I have now on some of the walks that I go on during
1:26.0	swims, during workouts.
1:27.4	Using it in a very similar way as you're going to discover on this podcast, these are incredible,
1:32.0	incredible ways to train.
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