By week seven of this process, most of my athletes have greater endurance. There's a cardiovascular energy savings because the gas exchange has been optimized. And so my Olympians, my PGA tour players, my elite level collegiate runner come in and say, what is going on, Dot? I can run faster. It's the HRV.
Can we hack our bodies and our minds? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Gary O’Reilly and Chuck Nice talk about how to optimize human performance with performance and sport psychologist Leah Lagos, PhD.
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