The use of blood-flow restriction (BFR) cuffs that "hack" your physiology to speed up strength and muscle gains when you do ...

New research from Murdoch University's School of Allied Health and Health Futures Institute has found that wearing blood flow ...

Recently, I wrote a column about using the pre-exhaustion method during resistance training and was surprised by the high response. The advantage is being able to tax the muscle sufficiently to ...

Blood flow restriction training—once a niche rehabilitation method used primarily by physical therapists—has quietly transformed into one of fitness’s most intriguing innovations. This technique uses ...

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In 1973, Sir Yoshiaki Sato, MD, PhD, developed the KAATSU ("training with added pressure") training method in Japan, which is now commonly known as blood flow restriction (BFR) training or occlusion ...

FROM THE GYMS of pro bodybuilders to the training room of Olympic marathoner Galen Rupp to Mark Wahlberg’s 4 a.m. Club, there's one unique training tool in common. Maybe you've seen people wrap their ...

By targeting the hands with temperatures from 50-60°F, you also reduce the risk of vasoconstriction, which is where the whole ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- As with other knee injuries, how you rehab from a torn ACL is critical to the overall success of the surgery to fix it. Hundreds of thousands of ACL repair surgeries are done ...

Chris Hemsworth's ripped arms were iconic in his role as Thor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Hemsworth says he achieved these results by using blood-flow restriction in his arms. This technique can ...

He did this by tying an elastic band around his arm to build up lactic acid while lifting. But Hemsworth's trainer says the actor is not doing this anymore, and that it was "quite painful." Chris ...