Ever wonder what metrics correlate with world championship performance? Don Moxley, sport scientist at The Ohio State University, shares details about the exact tests he uses that have contributed to national titles and gold medals with his athletes. -- topics listed below The NEW CorSense HRV sensor: https://elitehrv.com/corsense Leave a quick review for the podcast: https://elitehrv.com/review-ep-20 (Thanks in advance!) Learn about Heart Rate Variability at HRVcourse.com: https://hrvcourse.com/ep-20 TOPICS: 3:15 - A journey going from athlete to successful Exercise Scientist 6:00 - Analyzing the data of world champions 7:00 - Key performance metrics for world class wrestling 9:00 - Alternatives to VO2 max testing used by national champs 12:00 - Using FMS (Functional Movement Screen) with elite athletes 12:30 - Athlete monitoring: What to look for in the data 13:20 - Money Ball for wrestling and Signal vs Noise 16:00 - Force plates and power output: What champion wrestlers look for 18:00 - Organizing your athletes into groups for better data analysis 18:20 - Predicting competition performance based on prior data collection 19:15 - Physical prep is the biggest contributor to competition performance in talented athletes 20:20 - HRV balance as a predictor of performance in elite athletes 24:20 - How world champ athletes use RSA breathing, float tanks, mindfulness, and aggressive recovery modalities 26:00 - How psychological life stress really impacts performance, the results show 28:00 - When the numbers suddenly drop: What to do with red flag situations for athletes 29:00 - The numbers show why you can’t train through life stress and expect good results 31:00 - The hidden 4th event in triathlon that most people fail to train for: RECOVERY. 32:00 - How the HRV parameter RMSSD correlates to gold medals and championship titles 32:00 - “Readiness, based on HRV (Heart Rate Variability), predicts the success of my top athletes” 34:00 - Case study: Reducing an elite athlete’s training load leads to increased performance 34:00 - What to do if RMSSD (Heart Rate Variability) is too low for an athlete 41:00 - Narrowing down data types to make effective training decisions without wasting time 44:00 - Minimum Effective Dose (MED): The evolution of athlete monitoring 46:00 - Genetic differentiation in athletes: How smart quantification can get each person the best results Guest: Don Moxley @donmoxley Host: Jason Moore https://elitehrv.com Show notes: https://elitehrv.com/podcast Leave a quick review for the podcast: https://elitehrv.com/review-ep-20 (Thanks in advance!) Learn about Heart Rate Variability at HRVcourse.com: https://hrvcourse.com/ep-20 The NEW CorSense HRV sensor: https://elitehrv.com/corsense --