EPO Boost - How To Produce More Blood Cells

What is EPO? What do athletes and sleep apnoea have in common? EPO is a naturally occurring hormone that helps the body to counter the effects of oxygen deprivation.

Since both athletes and sleep achene suffers have a tendency to be oxygen deprived they have high levels of EPO.

Epo:
As a result of decreased blood perfusion, local ischemia occurs in the kidneys, causing anoxia (absence of O2), which simulates EPO production (Balestra et al., 2006.) EPO stimulates proliferation and maturation of bone marrow's red blood cells.

Breath holding increases EPO:
Results showed that EPO concentration increased by 24%, which peaked at three hours after the final breath hold and returned to baseline two hours later.

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[sida]

He is a great teacher. Excellent explanation

[danieldunstone]

so do scoober divers and those people that can hold there breath under water for long time have high epo levels, also breath hold training is a real thing just woundering if thats what its used for

[zlmdragon.]

did you look at how sauna sessions increases erythropoiesis due to the lack of blood in the kidneys when all the blood is in the extremities of the body for cooling effect?

[CBFW_KO]

I want some of this, I am tryna get like my boy T.J Dillashaw in 2014-18

[moonoom]

So why is unintentional breathhold like in sleep apnea bad but intentional breathhold are beneficial?

[Jamarionmazo]

Great information! Just to clarify before competition I should hold my breath? for how long and how many times? to boost EPO

[AquarianMan]

i love that so many of the comments here are UFC / MMA related

[Sandro]

Good morning.
Research author Xavier Woorons told The Globe and Mail website that we normally hold our breath when inhaling, but this way is uncomfortable for the body as carbon dioxide levels in the blood rise and oxygen levels do not. decrease significantly.

Instead, hold the air after exhaling, so that the oxygen supply in the lungs will already be depleted. This approach can lower blood oxygen levels to as much as 87% of the maximum value during training, an effect equivalent to training at 2, 000 meters altitude. The common thing is for the percentage of oxygen to be above 95%. Its better method?

[egotisticalquan]

Does EPO help with general performance who are not competing and just want a boost to workout in gym or running distance?

[IRONMAN]

low water in blood also increase epo ?right

[davidmaco]

can you stimulate it to much, I have been doing your 5 breath holds twice a day I can cleary see perfomance gains in xc mtb racing, Im thinkg I want to do maybe 3 or 4 times a day, do I need to take any days off?? thanks

[eternalwarrior-ypqx]

How is obstructive sleep apnea linked with many other chronic conditions then?

[alek-byrm]

Excellent video! Does red wine help increase of EPO?

[Sandro]

Good morning. I will do this test but before that I will do a blood test to check my hematocrit level and after the days of exercise I will go back to do the blood test again to make sure if the hematocrit has risen or not. stop during each repetition?

[timlownsbery]

Is this legal for me to use as a boxer

[massimosaracino]

If one produces more red blood cells, isn’t there a risk that blood becomes thicker ?

[melvayaredaguilar]

is too much oxygen a topic? or not enough of it, as well?

[mayatiita]

Wow! That was brilliant! Thank you 🙏🏻 Very interesting information 👍🏻👍🏻

[motioninmind]

Based solely on this short video clip, you can get the impression that sleep apnea is a good thing.

[lokindrangheta]

How many hours before epo take effects