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[Oura Ring] How to Track, Measure, and Optimize Sleep Using an Oura Ring w/ Dr. Mike t. Nelson, Anders Varner, Doug Larson, Dan Garner and Coach Travis Mash #695

Barbell Shrugged

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How to Improve Your Respiratory Rate

If I have a new client and their respiratory rate is skewed higher, but the HRV is pretty good. The shape of their heart rate is good at night. Well, let's say the respiratory rate's like 17 or 18 breaths a minute. Now I'm really starting to think of a mechanical efficiency issue. Either they've got the VO2 max of a field mouse and they're just incredibly de-conditioned and stressed out even though the HRV and temp isn't moving much. Um, I'm still thinking mechanically something's off. So we're going to bump up that respiratory rate, even though we're at rest and we're not doing anything under load at this point.

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