What are the benefits of blood flow restriction training?

This clip is from episode 300 ‒ Special episode: Peter on exercise, fasting, nutrition, stem cells, geroprotective drugs, & more.

In this clip, they discuss:

- Peter's current thoughts on BFR
- Does BFR increase strength?
- Does BFR increase hypertrophy?
- And more

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[Tex]

it works pretty good for those of us who don't have a lot of gym equipment available. can use lower and more manageable weight at home for working legs. squatting with 70 lbs is a LOT safer without a rack or a spot at home. just no way to put up 200+ lbs for squats in that situation. I'm really digging it!!!

[raypalmer]

Is there any benefit for older to use BFR so they don’t try lifting heavy weights

[lftrt]

What do you think of BFF training for a deload week?

[johnames]

Ask yourself this, would ronnie coleman have been any bigger if he discovered Blood Flow restrction back in his day? Or would this help him just work with slightly lighter weights?

[edpomi]

you forgot to take the price tag off your ballcap, Sonny

[johnames]

I'm very skeptical of this and I don't know if there's a good way for the avg man to do this unless it's controlled and monitored by a machine. My guess would be guys having heart attacks if millions of people start doing this in the gym. Anyone got thoughts on that last part?

[anthonyedwards]

Sounds like the science is not clear. Lot of messing around and in most videos people just like the pump it gives them straight after as a posed to the longer term results.

[bmp]

If you want more lactate in your muscles do more reps, don't cut off your circulation.

[prmvideo]

question number one answer is NO - There is no indication that is superior to normal training...If you are stuck on a table and cannot perform regular exercise (see where it was developed - for amputees) ok, I see it for post op - but even the "expert" we watched on your cast did not provide anything but the possibility of promise...not enough to implement across the board...

[johnames]

I'm skeptical that this is useful for anyone other than those on steroids. Once you have reached your potential you aren't going to gain much size or strength. Strength is also a function of muccle attachment points and length of femur, humerous etc (leverage). Your body restricts how much mass you can have, if it was simply about increasing load every guys would add 1lb a week to his bench and become like Ronnie Coleman or Arnold in a few months.

[bryanbaldwin]

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