236. What Is Heart Rate Variability (HRV) and How Do You Improve It?

Note: This episode was originally recorded and first released on
June 27, 2024. We’re resurfacing it because the conversation is
more relevant than ever, and the insights remain as timely today as
they were when first published. Your heart doesn’t beat like a
metronome, and that variability between beats reveals everything
about your body’s ability to handle modern stress. I get tons of
questions about HRV, and here’s what you need to understand: HRV
measures the balance between your sympathetic nervous system
(fight-or-flight) and parasympathetic nervous system (rest-digest),
and research published in Frontiers in Neuroscience shows it’s a
powerful non-invasive biomarker linked to mental and physical
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⁠https://bit.ly/3PEAJuG⁠ Timestamps 00:00 Intro of Show 01:30 What
is Heart Rate Variability? 02:26 Link between HRV and
Cardiovascular Health 03:18 Factors that Impact HRV 04:28 Measuring
and Analysing HRV 06:27 Impact of Chronic Stress on HRV 07:13
Actionable Steps to Improve HRV Disclaimer: This podcast is for
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