The Elite HRV Podcast: Heart Rate Variability, Biohacking Health & Performance, Quantified Self

Dr. Susie Gronski, PT, DPT Specializing in men’s pelvic and sexual health, Susie Gronski, PT, DPT is a licensed doctor of physical therapy, certified pelvic rehabilitation practitioner, international teacher, author and creator of one-to-one and self-paced health programs that help men with pelvic pain become experts in treating themselves. Website(s): Learn more by visiting http://drsusieg.com/. **In This Episode** Pelvic health is one of the most under-appreciated aspects of physiology. Join Dr. Gronski and Jason in their upbeat, but informative discussion about all things pelvic health, consciousness, and how these relate to other aspects of health - including HRV. Show Notes 02:00 - Meet Dr. Susie Gronski 05:10 - What the pelvis is and why we should care about it 09:45 - How many athletes experience incontinence and how pelvic health therapy can address it 11:30 - Pelvic activation in practice 13:55 - Relating the pelvis with other systems in the body 19:00 - How the nervous system relates to pelvic health 25:45 - The importance of diversity in all things 29:15 - Importance of pelvic health in digestion 34:15 - Common pelvic health issues 41:45 - Using HRV to enhance pelvic health 42:55 - Surmounting social hurdles when treating pelvic health issues 55:15 - The 5 "S's" of the Pelvis 56:45 - Consciousness, unconscious, adaptability, and meta-habits 1:11:00 - Practical ways to improve pelvic health 1:17:30 - Thinking big, but acting small 1:24:15 - Where you can find out more about Dr. Gronski's work

Elite HRV and CorSense user Robyn Everingham has an impressive streak of HRV readings. Join us as Jason and Robyn discuss motivation, aging, resonance breathing, and more. Show Notes: 00:02: Introductions 01:00: Robyn’s 862 Day HRV Streak 06:30: Walking away from the corporate world 10:00: Tracking your own health 11:00: Resonance Breathing 12:00: COVID-19 and Biofeedback 17:00: Robyn’s experience with resonance frequency 26:30: Habits, routines, and aging 53:00: Conclusion, farewells Free Resonance Breathing Training: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIi1Tc5i8s4&t=3s

Dr. Joon Yun is President and Managing Partner of Palo Alto Investors LP, a healthcare hedge fund founded in 1989. Board certified in radiology, Joon served on the clinical faculty at Stanford from 2000-2006. Joon has served on numerous boards, and he is currently a trustee of the Salk Institute. Joon is a member of the President's Circle of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Joon has published dozens of patents and scientific articles. Joon and his wife Kimberly launched the $1 million Palo Alto Longevity Prize in 2013 to reverse the aging process and recently donated $2 million to launch the National Academy of Medicine Aging and Longevity Grand Challenge. Fun fact: Joon has been going to Burning Man consecutively for the past 18 years. Show Notes 00:03 - Dr. Joon: A quick biography 04:45 - The aging process 09:26 - The Fractal nature of biology and the plasticity of aging 11:10 - Homeostatic capacity defined 21:22 - Why we should (occasionally) eat junk food 22:19 - Regaining lost resilience 27:55 - The multidimensional nature of capacity building 34:10 - Psychological deconditioning 40:59 - Four-dimensional science and four-dimensional data 48:36 - Improve your health doing things you love 57:51 - How HRV is aiding studies of homeostatic capacity 1:01:12 - Conclusion

This week, Jason chats with Nick Bolhuis, peak performance expert to the world's top athletes and executives. Tune in as they discuss how measuring your neurological function can improve your mental and physical health and performance. Show Notes: 00:22: Welcome Nick Bolhuis 01:27: How did the Neuropeak Pro business develop? 04:19: A clinical and performance based approach to neurological function 06:58: QEEG: neurologically, how is this person wired? 09:20: EEG and HRV 12:23: Performance and breathing 14:33: Optimization for golfers 18:52: From Pro-Athletes to Executives: what techniques are similar? 24:18: Working smarter, not harder 28:11: Is there a secret sauce to breathwork? 29:54: Stress recovery tests 36:55: Breathing and sleep techniques for parents 40:36: Biofeedback/neurofeedback programs 43:18: Thank yous/farewells Links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-bolhuis-b3a41929/ Neuropeakpro.com Speaker Bio: Nick Bolhuis is the VP of Performance Programs at Neuropeak Pro. He works with the world’s top athletes, executives, and high level performers to gain a mental edge through state of the art brain performance training, helping people improve sleep, cognition, mental acuity, focus and stress management. Nick directs diagnostic and clinical operations for Neurocore, managing the company’s growing team of licensed clinical specialists and specifically trained client advocates across all Brain Performance Centers. He has served in a variety of roles in the past decade — among them, peak performance training with business executives and professional athletes. Nick holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Grand Valley State University and a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology from Western Michigan University.

In this Episode: Clinical psychologist and peak performance expert Dr. Leah Lagos believes stress isn’t in your head, it’s in your body. Dr. Lagos is back to help us dig deeper into the science behind her 10-week program, outlined in the Elite HRV app and her new book, HEART BREATH MIND. HEART BREATH MIND: Train Your Heart to Conquer Stress and Achieve Success (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) is available August 11, 2020 in both hardcover and e-book formats. Show Notes: 01:20 - Welcome Back, Dr. Leah Lagos 03:03 - Leah’s 10-week biofeedback program: more than an introductory program 05:53 - What is Resonance Frequency Breathing? 09:56 - Week 1: finding your resonance frequency 12:49 - Identifying your goals 16:13 - 20 minutes, twice a day 18:26 - Week 2; using our breath to increase energy 22:18 - Week 3: letting go of your stress 27:02 - Week 4: chronic stressors 34:47 - Week 5: preparing for challenges 36:41 - How breathing can shift your heart from a negative state to the ideal performance state 42:36 - Week 6: mastering the emotional pivot 51:13 - Week 7: cultivating resonance under fire 55:11 - Week 8: imprinting the physiology of success 56:45 - Week 9: strengthening relationships 1:05:14 - Week 10: anchoring yourself in resonance 01:09:47 - Closing remarks ----- Episode Guest Leah Lagos, Psy.D. Dr. Lagos is an internationally renowned health and performance psychologist specializing in heart rate variability (HRV) biofeedback. With nearly 15 years’ experience integrating the mind and body to reduce anxiety and boost resilience, Dr. Lagos is a recognized leader in peak performance training. In addition to consulting at the annual NFL scouting combine and providing onsite support on multiple PGA tours, she works with elite performers in sports, entertainment, medicine and business—from CEOs and hedge fund managers to Olympians, surgeons, and ballerinas. Above all, Dr. Lagos is a concerned, compassionate, and caring psychologist who combines biofeedback and psychological strategies to help clients achieve optimal performance in health and life. She lives and practices in New York City. Website(s): About Leah: https://drleahlagos.com/ Heart Breath Mind Program in the Elite HRV app: https://elitehrv.com/app?utm_source=elite&utm_medium=app&utm_campaign=lagos10wk&_branch_match_id=798549310169531850 Preorder HEART BREATH MIND on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Heart-Breath-Mind-Conquer-Achieve/dp/1328604403/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ref_=nav_custrec_signin&returnFromLogin=1&&linkCode=sl1&tag=eh0cc-20&linkId=21ff721650b11c555addb13ea5614a34&language=en_US Host: Jason Moore elitehrv.com The CorSense HRV finger monitor: elitehrv.com/corsense Leave a quick review for the podcast: elitehrv.com/review-ep-48

Peak performance expert Dr. Leah Lagos believes stress isn't in your head, it's in your body. Join us as Dr. Lagos and Jason discuss biofeedback, breathing techniques, and the science behind the 10-week program outlined in the Elite HRV app and her new book, HEART BREATH MIND. HEART BREATH MIND: Train Your Heart to Conquer Stress and Achieve Success (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) is available August 11, 2020 in both hardcover and e-book formats. **About Leah Lagos, Psy.D.** Dr. Lagos is an internationally renowned health and performance psychologist specializing in heart rate variability (HRV) biofeedback. With nearly 15 years’ experience integrating the mind and body to reduce anxiety and boost resilience, Dr. Lagos is a recognized leader in peak performance training. In addition to consulting at the annual NFL scouting combine and providing onsite support on multiple PGA tours, she works with elite performers in sports, entertainment, medicine and business—from CEOs and hedge fund managers to Olympians, surgeons, and ballerinas. Above all, Dr. Lagos is a concerned, compassionate, and caring psychologist who combines biofeedback and psychological strategies to help clients achieve optimal performance in health and life. She lives and practices in New York City. **Show Notes** 00:41 - Meet Leah Lagos 03:15 - Leah’s book “HEART BREATH MIND” and controlling emotions under pressure 11:02 - The importance of Biofeedback 15:17 - HRV and post concussion syndrome 17:50 - Fundamental principles of HRV and Biofeedback 21:00 - Systematic breathing 25:36 - What are some of the primary systems of the body that we're activating or deactivating during this type of practice? 33:00 - What does 20 minutes of breathing practice look like? 39:30 - HRV for high blood pressure and migraines 41:00 - Leah’s 10-week program on the Elite HRV App 43:34 - Final Thoughts **Links:** - [About Leah](https://www.drleahlagos.com/) - [Heart Breath Mind Program in the Elite HRV app](https://ref.elitehrv.com/fVmfcDpZ57) - [Preorder](https://amzn.to/32nTyuu) HEART BREATH MIND on Amazon Host: Jason Moore elitehrv.com The CorSense HRV finger monitor: elitehrv.com/corsense Leave a quick review for the podcast: elitehrv.com/review-ep-47

With topics from spirituality to physics, Dr. Ted Achacoso joins Elite HRV in discussions on the Ego, Health Optimization Medicine, and "reducing suffering." Show Notes - 1:00 - Welcome, Dr. Ted! - 3:45 - Dr. Ted's mission - 10:55 - How Dr. Ted refers to the Ego and what purpose it serves - 18:30 - We are a complex adaptive system. There is no one size fits all prescription - 25:15 - Mitochondria - why are they important? - 28:00 - Where do microbiota come in? - 30:50 - Food sensitivity test and inflammation - 33:00 - Epigenetics: examples of what they affect - 42:50 - What's your framework for biohacking? - 58:10 - Holobiont - 1:02:00 - Survival level vs. optimal level - 1:05:40 - Trying to boost performance without optimizing - 1:12:00 - Sleep anchoring technique - 1:16:00 - Trying to be present and give quality of attention to the task at hand - 1:17:30 - One-cent tools - 1:28:20 - Levels of supplements - 1:48:00 - The 4 Attachments - 1:54:50 - Reduce suffering by beginning with yourself - 2:05:00 - Final thoughts - 2:13:30 - Where to find Dr. Ted Guest Bio Dr. Ted Achacoso is the founding pioneer of the clinical practice of Health Optimization Medicine (HOMe), which is the detection and correction of imbalances at the level of the metabolome. His representative body of work includes a book containing the first ever neural circuitry database (“connectome”) for an organism, journal articles, US patents, software, grants, and recorded interviews, webcasts, and speaking engagements in the areas of: - Artificial ethology, computational neuroethology (terms he coined), biomathematical modeling of nervous systems, and computability of consciousness, - Medical informatics, medical decision-making, connectionist systems (neural networks, now called deep learning), and expert systems, - Computer-assisted imaging, edge detection algorithms, and telehealth, - Virtual group dynamics, communication, and collaboration methods (He created the first wireless groupware), - Parallel, cluster, cloud, and distributed emergent computing, - Predictive complex adaptive system modeling of financial time series, and - Health optimization medicine including metabolomics, epigenetics, bioenergetics, gut microbiota, exposomics, chronobiology, and evolutionary medicine. Guest: Dr. Ted Achacoso https://troscriptions.com Host: Jason Moore elitehrv.com The CorSense HRV finger monitor: elitehrv.com/corsense Leave a quick review for the podcast: elitehrv.com/review-ep-46

Join us as Dr. Richard Hart discusses his experiences with burnout and stress in the healthcare industry, and shares his insights on developing self-regulation techniques to manage that stress. Dr. Hart has spent a lifetime in performance from national champion in freestyle wrestling and representing Canada internationally to becoming an Oncologic Surgeon. Following General Surgical Residency and fellowship training in Hepatic Transplantation and Hepatobiliary/Pancreatic Surgical Oncology he was recruited to St. Joseph’s Health Centre, Toronto to develop and build this specialized surgical program. Within nine years the service was awarded the HPB “Centre of Excellence” by Cancer Care Ontario (CCO) having become the third busiest program in the province with the lowest Operative Morbidity and Mortality rates, all as a single surgeon. TOPICS: - 0:1:10 - Intro to episode + Richard - 0:5:43 - Dr. Richard Hart shares his experiences with burnout, mental health, and performance in the healthcare industry - 0:22:57 - Why is this burnout so severe during a pandemic? - 0:28:50 - Elite HRV users’ reactions to the pandemic - 0:32:53 - Managing stress and the change in prescription drug behavior - 0:37:40 - coping with short term and long term stress - 0:43:30 - self regulation and adaptability: developing neural efficiency and resilience - 0:44:25 - breathing techniques for managing stress - 1:01:43 - finding the self regulation method that works for you - 1:03:40 - Conclusion Guest: Dr. Richard Hart rshart_md@nextgensurgery.com Host: Jason Moore elitehrv.com The CorSense HRV finger monitor: elitehrv.com/corsense Leave a quick review for the podcast: https://elitehrv.com/review-ep-45 (Thanks in advance!)

**Dr. Phil Maffetone** Clinician, Coach, Innovator | Founder of MAF Fitness and the MAF method **Professor Paul Laursen** Exercise Physiologist and Sports Scientist, Coach, Professor, Ironman Triathlete | Co-founder of “Plews and Prof” --Topics listed below. The NEW CorSense HRV sensor: https://elitehrv.com/corsense Leave a quick review for the podcast: https://elitehrv.com/review-ep-44 (Thanks in advance!) Learn about Heart Rate Variability at The Elite Academy: https://elitehrv.com/ep-44 TOPICS: - 0:0:25 - Intro to episode, Paul, and Phil - 0:3:10 - Why are we calling it the Perfect Storm? - 0:6:35 - What does overfat have to do with Covid-19? - 0:13:30 - Specifically, why are we more at risk when we're overweight? - 0:21:55 - What percentage of the population is at risk in this way? - 0:25:00 - Defining overfat and underfat - 0:29:40 - Why measure at the waist? Why does that ratio matter? - 0:33:50 - Why it won't help us to stress about our current situation and why we should instead focus on our long term health - 0:39:50 - Inflammation and its role in the overfat-lowered immunity issue - 0:50:35 - Can you improve your metabolic/overfat situation right now? - 0:55:05 - Conclusion - 1:00:40 - Coupon for a free pass to Phil's course Guest: Dr. Phil Maffetone https://philmaffetone.com/ Professor Paul Laursen https://www.plewsandprof.com/ Host: Jason Moore https://elitehrv.com Show notes: https://elitehrv.com/podcast Leave a quick review for the podcast: https://elitehrv.com/review-ep-44 (Thanks in advance!) Learn about Heart Rate Variability at The Elite Academy: https://elitehrv.com/ep-44 The NEW CorSense HRV sensor: https://elitehrv.com/corsense --

Dr. Patrick Hanaway is a board-certified family physician with a medical degree from Washington University and residency training at the University of New Mexico. He spent a decade as the Chief Medical Officer at Genova Diagnostics. Following that he became the Chief Medical Education Officer for the Institute for Functional Medicine as well as the founding Medical Director at the Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine. He still serves as a Research Collaborator there. He is the past President of the American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine and co-founded Family to Family: Your Home for Whole Family Health with his wife here in Asheville, NC. In 2018, Dr. Hanaway was diagnosed with stage IV laryngeal cancer, but currently he is officially at "no evidence of disease" thanks to an integrative therapeutic approach including nutrition, acupuncture, herbs, prayer, chemo, radiation, community support and spending time in nature. As an initiated Marakame (Shaman) by the Hui-CHOL people in the Sierra Madres of central Mexico, he incorporates these healing approaches in his clinical practice. --Topics listed below. The NEW CorSense HRV sensor: https://elitehrv.com/corsense Leave a quick review for the podcast: https://elitehrv.com/review-ep-43 (Thanks in advance!) Learn about Heart Rate Variability at The Elite Academy: https://elitehrv.com/ep-43 TOPICS: - 00:20 - Intro to episode and Dr. Hanaway - 04:00 - What Dr. Hanaway and team are doing in light of the Covid-19 crisis - 07:10 - Is there anything we can do from a nutritional standpoint to help out our immune systems? - 10:00 - Quercetin and other supplements - 18:15 - Vitamin D - 22:40 - Vitamin A - 24:30 - ketogenic or low carb diets and their impact on inflammation or immunity - 31:30 - diet and gut diversity - 33:30 - Dr. Hanaway's take on probiotics - 37:20 - What role does exercise play in the gut microbiome and immune system? - 42:00 - Decreasing contagion - 46:30 - The use of HRV and other biomarkers at this time - 50:10 - Dr. Hanaway's experience monitoring HRV - 56:30 - The single best lifestyle action you could take to boost your immune system - 1:00:00 - wrap up Guest: Dr. Patrick Hanaway https://www.familytofamily.org/ Host: Jason Moore https://elitehrv.com Show notes: https://elitehrv.com/podcast Leave a quick review for the podcast: https://elitehrv.com/review-ep-43 (Thanks in advance!) Learn about Heart Rate Variability at The Elite Academy: https://elitehrv.com/ep-43 The NEW CorSense HRV sensor: https://elitehrv.com/corsense --