I was listening to an interesting topic this morning on Doctor Radio and was wondering if there’s been any research that applies to cycling training. It seems like there could certainly be some cross-application. The topic was regarding weight training results using blood flow restriction. I only …

One of the worst ideas I’ve ever heard. “Doctor” Radio is now on my blacklist.

[image] CrunchyGears: Doing this tricks the body into thinking it’s working anaerobically and you get better results with, what i inferred, was less work. I’d suggest just doing the anaerobic work. I can’t see any good coming of restricting blood flow.

I’d think it was, on it’s face, dangerous for general workouts too, but it turns out there’s actually been trials done using it with real results and without injury that I’m aware of. So, so far the consensus is that nobody has tried it or read any research on it. But, a lot of people have strong f…

[image] CrunchyGears: without injury Most likely w/o acute/short-term injury. All you have to do is read up on the damage non-normal blood pressure/flow can cause to realize that this is not in any way a sustainable or desirable short cut to just doing the hard work.

But don’t you get acute, short term injury from lifting heavy weights, which is what causes muscles to hypertrophy? The difference being the amount of weight needed and perhaps less chance of long term injury by lifting close to your max? I’m not looking for short cuts personally. It just struck me…

“A healthy athlete has options, and when they can train without restriction, BFR provides little value.” - Coach Carl Valle [image] CrunchyGears: what happens in the short term? Most likely nothing…or maybe not…if it’s a single isolated dose. What happens with repeated events of abnormal blo…

[image] Captain_Doughnutman: [edit: quick search finds: https://radiopublic.com/muscle-for-life-with-mike-matthew-6LAKdo/ep/s1!ef5ed – Dr. admits that over the last 10 years of “studying” BFR methods and they still don’t know what or why it supposedly works. Also, there is no measurable/scienti…

I’ve had experience incorporating blood flow restriction training into my strength routine when I was focused on bodybuilding & powerlifting. I mainly used it for building my triceps and the results over the years I’ve used it in my training were a noticeable increase in muscle mass while experienci…

Thanks for your input @Jinro . The more I’ve read about it, the more it seems like a legitimate form a training. I think we can at least bring it out of the “dark arts” category now! I’m home from work, so had a few minutes to do a quick search. https://physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/JP…

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jay-allez July 26, 2019, 3:29pm 3

Is that why there are so many funny memes of bros flexing really hard and then passing out?

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