Benefits of KAATSU Cycles vs. Blood Flow Restriction Training | Chris Morgan

KAATSU was the original blood flow restriction training method. In this conversation, I discovered the uses and benefits that make it a far more powerful fitness hack. If you've wondered how KAATSU compares to occlusion training, Chris Morgan shares the details.

📕  Video chapters
0:00 Introduction
3:51 What is KAATSU
11:10 Benefits of KAATSU cycles
19:12 Different ways to use KAATSU
21:20 Rapidly accelerates injury rehabilitation, healing, and repair
24:13 KAATSU for TBI
26:01 How KAATSU increases athletic performance
27:28 Lactate (lactic acid) as a fuel
33:12 Using KAATSU for athletic recovery
34:52 Cycles flush metabolic waste
45:33 Programming a proper KAATSU workout example
50:28 Stacking KAATSU with Super Slow Strength Training or the Harambe System

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📝 About our guest
Chris Morgan graduated from the University of California, Davis with a B.S. in Biological Sciences and the University of Lausanne with a M.S. in Sports Science and Human Movement. Chris coached at Stanford University and Harvard University, and coached the Swiss National Swim Team and the 2008 Swiss Olympic Team where he guided two swimmers to the Olympic final.

Chris is innovative and always explores new modalities for training, performing better, and recovering more efficiently. Over the last 8 years, Chris has become the world's leading expert on KAATSU Aqua for recovery, rehabilitation, and performance. He currently advises many of America's fastest Olympic sprinters on the track (100m, 200m, and 400m) and America's fastest Olympic swimmers in the pool. Including several Olympic medalists and world champions.

🔑 Key takeaways
- The KAATSU cycle is the arterial equivalent of endurance training
- BFR bands are great when on a budget, but KAATSU offers additional benefits
- KAATSU improves athletic performance, injury & scar tissue healing, workout recovery, cardiovascular health, sport-specific movements, jet lag, and even recovery from TBI

🔗 Links
- Full episode show notes: https://mindbodypeak.com/48
- Music by Luke Hall: soundcloud.com/c_luke_hall

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