Lifting Heavy Under BFR: Potential Benefits and Emerging Literature with Dr. Lee Winchester

The Blood Flow Restriction Podcast is brought to you by SAGA - a world leader in innovative BFR technology. Download The Comprehensive Guide to BFR Training for free here: BFR EbookOn today’s episode, we welcome Dr. Lee Winchester (PhD, Physiology and Biophysics). Lee is a professor in the exercise physiology department at the University of Alabama - his lab has particular interest in the alterations to immune cell function and vascular/muscular adaptations to resistance training.He's spent the past several years exploring the potential merit to training at high loads under blood flow restriction. In this episode, we discuss the theoretical mechanisms behind favorable adaptations from high load BFR training, what Lee has observed from his lab, and where he sees research headed in this space. Some of the specific topics of this discussion include:Hypertrophy stimuli: how heavy load BFR training may (big caveat) offer a unique stimulus by capturing the upper end range of each stimuli's benefit (mechanical tension and metabolic stress)Mechanotransduction: the cellular and molecular responses to resistance training (and where BFR fits into the picture)Cellular swelling from blood flow restrictionResults from two separate high-load BFR studiesReferencesBlood Flow Restriction at High Resistance Loads Increases the Rate of Muscular Fatigue, but Does Not Increase Plasma Markers of Myotrauma or InflammationAcute Responses to High-Intensity Back Squats with Bilateral Blood Flow RestrictionContact: [email protected]: This episode and all information on SAGA’s podcast, website, and other platforms is for informational or educational purposes only, and does not substitute professional medical advice or consultations with healthcare professionals.