Lab Coat Fitness AMA #10

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At 00:34

Jeremy Ross:

Hi Labcoatfitness team! I’m new here, so please forgive me if you have covered this topic in previous podcasts or articles, etc.

Without further ado;

What are your thoughts on measuring HRV every morning and whether this information is an accurate indicator of ANS readiness for training?

Context. I use the a Polar H10 Heart rate monitor and the Elite HRV app (no affiliation)

I like the data, but sometimes question the accuracy. For example, there have been times I trained so hard the next morning I was sore; however, my HRV score showed I was rested and ready to train hard today. Other times I had low HRV score, albeit I was well-rested and ready to train. Finally, I noticed I could “hack” my HRV score by using certain breathing patterns to improve my test on the 2nd try.

Thus, what is your opinion on HRV testing?

Thank you for your response!
JR

At 22:40

Simon Hernandez:

What are your thoughts on resensitization mesocycles ? Useful between extended hypertrophy blocks? Are deload weeks enough?

At 31:30

Ji Eun Lee

Hey guys, I’ve just joined and am starting your routine immediately.

I do rock climbing and have a gymnastics class (mainly tumbling) once a week.

I think I’m strong enough to handle the routine and those activities for a little while, but I’m sure I have to cut some volume eventually.

Could you give me some advice or guidelines on how I should reduce the volume on the routine? If this question is too quick to answer, maybe Josh could go on and give some general guidelines on how to cut volume in general?

At 36:28

Anonymous:

I have quite some extra ROM in my elbow extension bilateraly. Should I be cautious in regards to planche work? And should I work to only reach neutral elbow extension on the end of my e.g. push ups or go all the way to hyperextension?

Thanks guys!

At 42:40

Florian Nagel:

Hey guys. I would like to hear Josh talking about pre-requisites for tumbling. Do you think that there are standards (and which?) someone should fulfill, before attempting tumbling (things like hip/leg strength standards, knee prehab), to handle the forces safely?

At 51:18

Haz M:

Good to hear you guys are feeling a bit better! Could you go into how you keep yourselves relatively active while injured (if at all). Also any tips and specifics you did/do to proactively help with your rehab, and what you’ll do/advise others from now on to mitigate that from happening again?

At 58:40

Dan Hughes:

Hi hope your both doing well!

Love going through these programs it’s amazing.

This is a question of modification. I live in a rural town where not a lot of clubs activities etc happen

A mma club has opened and it’s something I always wanted to really try even before I got into gst but there was no options too.

To boil it down could you take the meat and potatoes of the mass and strength cycles and run the side by side the mma club training ? Or would that be counter productive ?

Thanks guys
Dan

At 01:07:02

Chuck Pinkert:

When it comes a mass/hypertrophy cycle for calisthenics, how important are lower body exercises like the squat and deadlift?

I’ve been taught before that lower body exercises will accelerate the upper body gains, is there truth to that?