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Get #bloodflowrestriction certified in 1/2 the time but 2x the #CEUs.

Learn everything about #bfrtraining - from clinical implementation in #physiotherapy, to safety screening (PS - it’s very safe), to case reports on its utility and how #bfr cuff design impacts the stress of #bloodflowrestrictiontraining. You have it all for lifetime access (as long as it’s online) as well as FREE yearly updates with #physicaltherapy and #athletictraining CEUs.

Post BFR and I’ll send you a discount code as appreciation for supporting what we do at the BFR pros. taken in PHIT Well by @thebfrpros

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What is #bloodflowrestrictiontraining and how can it help you achieve better outcomes in your practices?

Get certified with us and learn the most up to date information on #bfrtraining from industry leaders. It will change your outcomes and solve complex problems! by @thebfrpros

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💥 Transform your training with our cutting-edge Blood Flow Restriction (BFR) courses! Whether you’re a fitness professional, rehab specialist, or simply curious about BFR, we’ve got you covered with comprehensive programs designed to enhance your skills and knowledge. 🌟

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Introduction to BFR Training: Perfect for beginners, this course covers the basics, including safety protocols, mechanisms, and practical applications. (5.5 hours)

Clinical Rounds Module 14: Post-surgical #bfrtraining screening and 5 clinical case studies (2.25 hours)

What’s New in BFR 2021?: 5 papers we break down from 2021 that helps shape our understanding and clinical practice of #bloodflowrestriction. (2 hours)

: Designed for fitness pros, this course emphasizes integrating BFR into strength training, sports performance, and programming. (1.5 hours)

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How precise does BFR really need to be? And does more precision always mean better results?

New episode of the BFR Better for Results Podcast is live. I sat down with Dr. Warren Bradley, PhD, co-founder of Hytro, to debate the trade-off between the “ideal” protocol and the one athletes will actually use consistently.

We get into:

How much pressure precision actually matters
What the evidence says about BFR for recovery
Intermittent BFR and neuromuscular recovery
BFR during aerobic work
Safety screening and why tolerance matters
Reperfusion and vascular response after cuff release
Practical BFR vs clinical cuffs
How pro teams use BFR for recovery, warm-ups, and travel
Hytro’s funded PhD research program and where the field is headed
Lab meets real world. Some agreement, some pushback, all useful.

Listen or watch now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube. Link in bio.

#BloodFlowRestriction #BFRTraining #SportsScience #AthleteRecovery #PhysicalTherapy taken in CompleteBody by @thebfrpros

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5 minute mini lecture.

This is a must watch if you care about #bloodflowrestriction in any capacity. It goes over why #bfrtraining methodological reporting and consideration for cuff features matters. I peer review for 32 journals. I can’t review many more so stuff like this gets in. It’s so frustrating because we can see even in an intervention like this in #strokerehab that it seems #bloodflowrestrictiontraining is helpful. Well - we don’t really know how helpful it can be because they didn’t really use a helpful prescription.

Thoughts? taken in New York, New York by @thebfrpros

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#hypertrophy with #bloodflowrestriction is not magic. It is physiology and really not super complicated on the muscle-building side. We are taking the same fatiguing effects necessary to induce a slower muscle contraction velocity and depending on the cuff type and pressure applied, accelerating it to allow for a quicker set. That’s it. The normally occurring metabolites generated which typically escape between reps of low-load exercise can no longer do it because of venous occlusion and varying levels of arterial restriction. This clogs up the cross-bridge cycling because metabolite-induced fatigue is NECESSARY for growth with low loads, but remember - metabolites themselves are NOT anabolic. Nonetheless, research on #bfrtraining has shown that when normalized to task failure, the environment in the muscle between low-loads with and without #Bloodflowrestrictiontraining are largely IDENTICAL (PMID: 35125067). This is also why I am skeptical of any “systemic” benefits because it just seems outrageous.

This podcast is a can’t miss with @jploenne, so if you’re into #BFR and want to hear a discussion between two active researchers in the space who are passionate about learning more about what BFR can and cannot do, you should watch and/or listen on YouTube, Spotify, or Apple podcast. Link in bio to spotify. by @thebfrpros

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@jploenneke joined me on the BFR better for results podcast to discuss…#bloodflowrestriction and the state of the industry. This one is a can’t miss if you are remotely interested in #bfrtraining as we discuss pretty much every topic in the space for some time. 1 hr 44 min of the 🐐.

Also wanted to thank @smarttoolsusa for sponsoring some of the episodes this season. Their support allows me to do what I love which is talk #bfr and bring on killer guests. Thanks again.

If you’re a potential sponsor interested in sponsoring some other episodes, please reach out.

Available on Spotify, YouTube and Apple Podcasts NOW. taken in Manhattan, New York by @thebfrpros

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@lukeh9204 and I tag teamed a new publication in @bjsm_bmj discussing another methodological issue in #bloodflowrestriction research. I’ve summarized it nicely above.

Type BFR and I’ll hook you up with $150 off my online course bundle if you want to learn from me. Your time. Your CEUs. Lifetime access. taken in New York, New York by @thebfrpros

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BFR training: does it actually beat normal exercise? The evidence says it depends entirely on what you put it up against.

The largest review of blood flow restriction training in rehab settings yet, pooling 45 trials and 1,652 people, found low-load BFR training clearly beats the same exercise done without a cuff for both strength and disability.

Put it up against properly loaded heavy lifting, though, and that advantage disappears for strength, and the disability evidence gets too thin to call.

Pain scores nudge in BFR’s favour too, though the authors rate the size of that effect too small to matter.

Save this for your next programming decision around an injury, a post-op block, or anyone who cannot load heavy yet. Citation in the carousel.

Where do you actually use BFR training in your own programming?

#bloodflowrestriction #BFRtraining #sportsscience #rehabilitation #evidencebasedpractice by @thebfrpros

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Why would people apply #bfrtraining #bloodflowrestriction to optimize #muscle power? I am really struggling to understand. I outline my position above, but here is another thing to keep in mind.

I can see a potential explanation this way, but ONLY this way.

As optimizing type 2 muscle fiber recruitment is essential to improving muscle force production, any stimulation of the type 2 motor unit pool beyond what was prior stimulated will conceptually allow for improved muscle force production, since these muscle fibers can contract quicker than type 1 and have a larger cross-sectional area, thus they provide some “functional” gains in #power without specific training. However, this power benefit is only short-lived in the grand scheme of things, because the muscle fibers likely stimulated are on the lower-end of the motor unit pool given the low-load nature of #bloodflowrestrictiontraining and are not the top end muscle fibers. Why? Because fatigue will not only reduce the likelihood of them getting recruited, but also will aid in a fiber-type shift to a less anaerobic and more aerobic fiber. This is beneficial from a life perspective, as more oxygen utilization can help with a more efficient fiber, but it SACRIFICES the anaerobic capacity of the fiber and as a result, will produce less overall force given the requirement of capillarization to supplying oxygen, thus capping its overall growth potential (yes there are other things likely happening at the muscle fiber level itself, but 10,000 foot view here). So at some point, BFR may actually become a hindrance to optimizing muscle power, but we have yet to see it in the studies performed because the individuals studied are not explosive-athletes, looking to retain as much of the type 2B/X fiber pool as possible. Anyways, this is my thoughts.

I’d welcome any contribution to the conversation as this is something that is bugging the hell out of me seeing people talk about this as a benefit of BFR and NOT a benefit of someone simply not conditioning their motor unit pool efficiently and thus, any increase in stimulation will of course improve muscle Explosive power. taken in CompleteBody by @thebfrpros

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Feeling cute but might delete later. taken in New York, New York by @thebfrpros

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I’ve become more flexible with #bloodflowrestriction pressure prescription as long as it is explicitly stated in the methods why the deviation was made from a relativized pressure. However, I am getting increasingly alarmed at the oversight from many research groups looking to utilize a multi-chambered cuff like #BStrong and act like it is the same stimulus as a single-chambered cuff. Moreover, I am positive that most of these studies are fabricated, especially as the amount of applied pressure used in these studies are under 200-250 mmHg, which barely has an impact on reducing blood flow, much less able to provide a significant metabolic stimulus.

Nonetheless, studies like Vehrs et al. (2026) are required to showcase that DEVICE CONSTRUCTION MATTERS. In this cross-sectional study, Vehrs assessed blood flow in 60 men and women and showed that none of the participants were able to get LOP with 500 mmHg pressure. None. So studies that attempt to use this cuff and determine LOP at pressures less than 500 are full of S***. Immediate red flag.

Vehrs (2026). Blood flow responses to different set pressures using elastic “multichambered” blood flow restriction bands taken in New York, New York by @thebfrpros

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