In This Episode: Jef sits down with Josh Holland, a movement specialist who loves to experiment with different biohacks to optimize his life and wellbeing. Josh loves to share the latest of his experiments with friends and family, and today has shared these with us as well. He takes us through his Pillars of Health and discusses choosing the "low hanging fruit" to make small changes that have great impact on your long term health. Episode Guest: Josh Holland Joshua J Holland is a wealth of experiential knowledge and wisdom. As a dedicated bio hacker, state of the art fitness trainer, holistic ..read more

In This Episode: As we move into the second year of the Coronavirus pandemic, we are seeing more and more cases of "Long Covid," or symptoms that seem to linger in Covid patients for months after the infection. In this episode, we welcome back POTS (Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome) expert, Dr. Diana Driscoll, who shares how the symptoms of Long COVID and POTS overlap and how Long Covid patients may benefit from similar treatment protocols that help POTS patients. Episode Guest: Dr. Diana Driscoll An authority on the autonomic nervous system, Dr. Diana Driscoll is a world-renowned exp ..read more

In This Episode: Mouth-breathing evolved as a survival mechanism during "fight or flight". But today, because so many of us experience chronic stress and anxiety, mouth breathing is the dominant way in which we breathe - much to the detriment of our health and performance. In this episode, Patrick McKeown, International best-selling author of The Oxygen Advantage and one of the world’s leading breathing re-education experts, explains why breathing isn't just for Yogis and why high performers, creators, or anyone who wants to spend more time in flow states must learn how to breathe properl ..read more

In This Episode: Episode Guest: Dr. Jay T. Wiles, BCB, BCB-HRV Dr. Wiles is a clinical health psychologist who is board-certified in biofeedback, HRV biofeedback, and Tai Chi for rehabilitation. He has a passion for helping others reach their full potential from an integrative and holistic perspective and has worked closely with elite athletes and executives on enhancing peak performance through training and regulating psychophysiology. He is the cohost of the Ben Greenfield Fitness podcast and host of Mindhacker’s Radio w/ Dr. Jay Wiles. His experience in integrative techniques differs from o ..read more

In this Episode: Our health and wellness is reliably achieved through sustainable habit change. But, how does a person create this change when they have tried and failed many times over. Is change still possible? In this episode, we're talking with a member of the Elite HRV community, Dean Dwyer, who shares his personal story of transformation. And how at age 53 he figured out how to fix the underlying mindset that was preventing him from having the body he truly wanted. Whether you're working your body, your business, or any aspect of your life, the principle of "minimal viable threshold" may ..read more

Episode Guest: Jonathan Moore Jonathan has a background as a brain-based chiropractor with over 20 years clinical experience. His main focus over that time has been on the impacts that stress has on the brain, and the results that overload has on the health of a person. Website(s): https://www.legacycoaching.io/ In This Episode: To realize our hopes and dreams we need energy and clarity of purpose. But, the global pandemic has rocked our physical and mental well-being, leaving many of us stuck in survival mode. In this episode of the Elite HRV podcast, we speak with Jonathan Moore, founder of ..read more

Episode Guest: Sten Stray-Gunderson Sten is a certified BStrong BFR expert, training high-level athletes, and hosting seminars and educational training sessions to inform trainers, coaches, and therapist on how to properly and safely implement BFR into their programs. Additionally, Sten works for Reach Outcomes, an Austin-based performance center for athletes, providing holistic and integrated programming to maximize and accelerate performance. Sten has been an athlete his whole life, and played D1 collegiate soccer at Dartmouth. Combining his personal athletic experiences with the science of ..read more

In This Episode: We cover what Don has been up to since the last time we had him on the podcast. Additionally, we explore what he learned from working in the cannabis industry, what he has to teach us about spermidine and autophagy, and some ways in which we can optimize health and longevity. Website(s): - https://themendico.com - projectcbd.org - http://spermadinelife.us(Discount code: HRV50) - longevitybioresearch.org - trainrecoverwin.com Show Notes: 01:15 - What Don has been up to the last couple of years 03:30 - How he transitioned into an opportunity to work in the cannabis industry 06:4 ..read more

Five years ago, Tyron Groenewald was overweight, stressed out, and sick. After his cardiologist diagnosed him with left ventricular hypertrophy — a condition where the ventricles have to work harder to pump blood, resulting in an enlarged heart muscle — Groenewald decided to make some major lifestyle changes to prioritize his health. His hard work has paid off. Just half a decade later, 35-year-old Groenewald is down 114 pounds, he runs every day, and his left ventricle now measures within a normal range. Along with implementing a healthier diet and more physical activity, Groenewald says meas ..read more

Enhancing HRV Biofeedback with Mindfulness Training with Dr. Inna Khazan Show Notes - 01:45 - Introduction to new co-host and Research Director at Elite HRV: Jef Fry - 03:00 - What Mindfulness-based biofeedback is and how Dr. Khazan became interested in it - 05:15 - How HRV Biofeedback can be like tuning the strings of an instrument - 09:30 - Examples of mindfulness - 13:45 - How often we should practice mindfulness - 17:00 - What the research says about mindfulness - 19:15 - How mindfulness can make your brain bigger - 24:00 - What a patient of Dr. Khazan can expect when coming in for treatme ..read more