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Heart Rate Variability (HRV): Kristen Holmes and Emily Capodilupo explain what HRV is, what affects it, how to improve it, and what it means for recovery and human performance.

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Heart Rate Variability Is a Sign of Autonomic Nervous System Balance

Heart rate variability is a signal of your nervous system being balanced. It's an indirect measurement of what we actually care about, which is autonomic nervous system balance. Because all these stimuli are present, and so being able to action them in a balanced way is healthy. And it just happens to show up in your heart.

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