Episode 318
Episode 318 is an Expert Edition featuring Dr Dan Plews sharing around HRV Guided Endurance Training.
Dan Plews is an Applied Exercise Physiologist and one of the most sought-after scientific minds regarding endurance sports on the planet. Dan completed his PhD in 2013 on Heart Rate Variability (HRV) with a thesis titled ‘The Practical Applications of Heart Rate Variability’. Dr Plews has been studying heart rate variability for over 10 years, has published 15 papers and has been cited over 1800 times in the Scientific Literature.
Dr Plews has worked closely with athletes who have won more than 25 World and Olympic titles. Dan has coached multiple Ironman Triathletes to the coveted sub 8hr mark and recently has taken over the reins of coaching Javier Gomez. Dan is a very accomplished endurance athlete having set the Ironman age group World Championship course record in 2018 in 8:24:36.
Dan has founded Endure IQ, an online long course endurance community providing online courses, a training squad and one to one coaching. One of the courses is Athlete Monitoring in Long Distance Triathlon and within that there are two modules on heart rate variability.
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“HRV is looking at the variation of change and the gap between heartbeats”
“The higher the intensity the higher the sympathetic stress”
“You can’t manage what you don’t measure”
“Something is better than nothing”
“Find a device that you have consistency over and start measuring” – Best advice
“Measure your HRV consistently for one week” – Physical Challenge
Instagram: @theplews
Twitter: @theplews1
Website: Plews and Prof
Website: EndureIQ
Instagram: @endure_iq
Twitter: @EndureIq
Facebook: @EndureIQ
YouTube: EndureIQ
Podcasts:
Episode 213 of The Physical Performance Show - Heat Training & Acclimation for the Endurance Athlete
Episode 256 of The Physical Performance Show - ‘High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) for Endurance Athletes’
00:00 Start
06:20 Welcome Back
08:05 Dan talks about his PhD on HRV
11:50 Endure IQ Modules & Courses
14:02 Definition of Heart Rate Variability (HRV)
17:20 How HRV is Measured and Data Collected
29:40 HRV Guided Training
35:40 HRV Training and Adaptation
43:55 HRV for Health
48:15 Listener Q&A
57:35 Best Advice
58:15 Physical Challenge
1:00:00 What’s on Dan’s Radar for 2022
1:06:13 Finish
People Mentioned
Javier Gomez – World Triathlon Champion, Episode 315 of the Physical Performance Show
Publication: The practical application of heart rate variability
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