Blood flow restriction training: Applications in rehab, recovery and strength training with Stephen Patterson

This week's guest on the Pacey Performance Podcast speaking to Rob is Stephen Patterson. It's actually Stephen's second time on the podcats having featured 3 years ago talking about the same topic, blood flow restriction training (BFR).

Blood flow restriction training, although being around for years and years has seen an explosion in interest of the last few years. More devices on the market, an up surge in research and Stephen's podcast has all led to this boom. As interest rises and practitioners get their hands on the wearables or garments used for blood flow restriction training, new applications are spoken about. Because of this, it was essential to get Stephen back on to discuss some of those new applications and see what research (anecdotal or peer-reviewed) is behind them.

In the first part of the episode we discuss BFR's more traditional applications; strength training, hypertrophy and rehab. The second part sees us discussing some of the more novel applications of this training modality; recovery and pre-training/match potentiation.

If you're interested to know more about BFR and its applications, this podcast is for you.

Main talking points -

• Physiology behind BFR
• What we know about BFR
• Why use BFR?
• Strength and hypertrophy protocols
• Benefits of using BFR in rehab
• What the research says on BFR for recovery
• Pre game/training potentiation effects
• Safety considerations
• Technology options
• What other novel ways coaches are using BFR
• Where is the research & application heading?