Welcome back to the show everybody. We have the return of Dr. Mike de Board. We had an awesome episode in this first one last year really dropping into the science behind blood flow restriction and the

environment that creates in the body is one where you are low oxygen hypoxic so

it's effectively like training at altitude, yet you don't have to wear a mask, you don't need a $4,000 machine

hooked up to the wall, and you can really push yourself. And the science on this, a lot of it it most of it comes out of Japan where they really started looking into this training at altitude and then blood flow restriction for healing from injuries recovery for, for muscle building,

and especially for people as they age

in creating a exponential hormone response,

exponentially higher in positive antibiotic hormones like testosterone and growth hormone, IGF1 and things of that nature

that's going to help you grow and repair post workout. Very cool stuff and what they found too in the science is that there's a sweet spot and the

sweet spot is generally about 20 minutes or less. Now that may sound too good to

be true it may sound like eight minute abs but I'm telling you from

the fact that I've been working with this for now over a year now in in every way

possible you know I've talked to in the last episode Kansas City Chiefs are using this.

Los Angeles Lakers, you know, powerlifters are finding a ways to use this to increase recovery.

And, you know, it doesn't take away from whatever thing you're into sporting wise, but when you add that to it, it really is the fastest way to improve that I know of, not just from a physiological standpoint or an aesthetic standpoint, yes, like I am leaner than I've ever been other since I've retired from fighting and I and I really owe that to blood flow restriction training.

I'm not kicking my own ass anymore. I'm not going crazy in the gym, I'm not doing 90 minute

workouts, I'm certainly not doing two days, but this absolutely works and help me heal from a knee injury. I have

zero pain on my knees and many other really cool things, but I think the thing that I've

been most interested in since this first podcast with Mike is that it can really enhance

performance. Now I'm not going to fight again and I'm certainly not going to run an ultra-marathon again or anything like that. But at the same time, I like feeling light on my feet. I like

coming bouncing my step when I'm when I'm boxing when I'm jumping rope when I'm

running around with my kids it's it feels good to feel light on your feet and to feel

quick and fast and you know having the goal to be the best

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