[00:00:00] Carl Lanore: [00:00:00] welcome back to another episode of super human radio. We have an important show for you today. If building muscle is important to you, let's face it. None of us want to spend more time in the gym than we need to. We want training to be efficient and effective while there's a way to build muscle faster and easier than anything you're doing right now.

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[00:02:08] [00:02:00] I say to myself, why aren't people using blood flow restriction? Because it's clear that people spend literally hundreds of dollars on supplements that let them down some use risky drugs that have questionable effects. Most people will tell you that no matter what they use, it never lives up to their expectations of building muscle.

[00:02:33] The only thing that truly does.

[00:03:05] [00:03:00] Dr. Jim Stray-Gunderson, MD: [00:03:05] Mmm. Mmm. Well, I think there's several reasons that I think probably the biggest one is people really haven't heard about it yet. Um, and so it's, it's great. We're talking about it on your show. Um, the, I think, uh, another factor is that.

[00:04:17] [00:04:00] We get it all the time. And, um, and the thing is, and that's one of the big things about, uh, be strong is that we've designed this so that people really can't hurt themselves. And where, when you're using some, you know, some people are taking, uh, boy scout belts, uh, Out of Walmart, strapping them on, and that can be risky and dangerous

[00:04:45] Carl Lanore: [00:04:45] and cool.

[00:04:45] That's called that's called vascular occlusion. And that can damage any tissue that's being starved of blood.

[00:04:53] Dr. Jim Stray-Gunderson, MD: [00:04:53] Right. So, so I mean, the easy case is to think of, if you cut off blood supply to [00:05:00] any tissue and you do it long enough, the tissue ducks. And that that's exactly what we're not trying to do. We're, we're trying to set up a situation where the, the muscle, or are they active tissues are not getting all the blood, uh, that they need to sustain the work, but they're still getting lots of blood and lots of oxygen.

[00:05:21] So, um, it's, uh, that's why you need to, they have these devices that have been demonstrated to be both safe and effective and, uh, Um, the lot of the people are doing all sorts of crazy things, uh, in the gym, including, you know, strapping on judo belts or, um, all sorts of, uh, kind of tourniquets or blood pressure cuffs.

[00:05:49] None of these things are really designed to do what we are doing with beasts.

[00:05:55] Carl Lanore: [00:05:55] So let let's address what.

[00:06:17] [00:06:00] Dr. Jim Stray-Gunderson, MD: [00:06:17] Congestion. Um, yeah. Uh,

[00:06:20] Carl Lanore: [00:06:20] yes, for lack of better terms, you have a, you have a variance in blood coming into the muscle versus leaving the muscle. So you have more blood trapped in the muscle, and that is pretty much what the pump is. Right?

[00:06:33] Dr. Jim Stray-Gunderson, MD: [00:06:33] Well, one of the things, one of the ways to look at this or another analogy is you have a partial dam and that causes the Lake behind it to back up and get bigger.

[00:07:03] [00:07:00] But it's still leaving lots of, lots of blood to get in there. And, and as more comes in and can't get out, then the muscle, you get a bit of a muscle pump.

[00:07:13] Carl Lanore: [00:07:13] Okay. So let's stay with the muscle pump for a second. Cause I think it's truly analogous to what B strong is doing. So just bear with me here. People take nitric, nitric, oxide, precursors, and you see the ads in magazines.

[00:07:30] You know, a shirt, splitting pumps, be feeling a pump, you know, leaving the gym, still feeling pumped and people buy these supplements for this reason, but nothing is going to provide the pump.

[00:08:10] [00:08:00] Be strong BFR bands. I mean, to me, this is a simple equation,

[00:08:15] Dr. Jim Stray-Gunderson, MD: [00:08:15] right? And let me also kind of amplify that a little bit in saying that each time you do a muscle contraction, you're actually pumping, um, the blood that is in that muscle out. So each time, each time you're really tense up, you know, you're squeezing, whatever blood is in there out of the muscle.

[00:08:37] And, and then when you relax and the arteries are filling up, filling up the muscle. So again, and so you have, you know, in the first place, you, you have kind of a partial dam or adding resistance to this, and then you, then what happens is you start exercising and that exercise then pushes or kind of cleans out whatever blood has been [00:09:00] in there.

[00:09:00] And.

[00:09:52] Carl Lanore: [00:09:52] And there is. And as far as changing the structural architecture of the muscle, then stop [00:10:00] wasting your time with pills and potions and get yourself a set of BFR bands, because nothing is going to facilitate a pump better while allowing a continuous exchange of blood flow in and out of the muscle that keeps you from harming yourself.

[00:10:17] Then BFR bands. The be strong bands, I should say, because yours are the ones that are designed around the science from the Japanese researchers who create katsu. Right? So if you believe that the pump is important to you and there's a value to it, then that's number one. Now those of you who are watching the show live or listening live, I would love for you to post why, if you've known about BFR bands, Why you haven't used them yet.

[00:10:46] I really need to understand the psyche of it person who is interested in building muscle fast, but isn't using something that actually achieves that goal and using everything else. Cause [00:11:00] I, I just don't. I mean, I love them. I love them and they feel, I feel the effects of them quickly and I see the effects of them quickly.

[00:11:09] Uh, I think a lot of people think that the gains. Don't remain. Uh huh. Have you had this? Have you had people ask you well, sure. That pumps my arm up, you know, I'm training, but the structural train changes in the architecture of the muscle do stay when you use blood flow restriction and band, right?

[00:11:31] Dr. Jim Stray-Gunderson, MD: [00:11:31] Yeah.

[00:11:31] Um, I think the, the big challenge has been to get people to try it in the first place. Uh, once they tried, they, you know, it. Convinces them and off they go. So, um, it's, these gains are real, like, like any kind of exercise training. Um, you do it on a regular consistent [00:12:00] basis. You're gonna enjoy lots of benefits.

[00:12:04] And, um, so. It's a, it's really in my mind, a questionable awareness and, and getting the word out.

[00:12:12] Carl Lanore: [00:12:12] So I want to put this up. I was going to wait until a little bit later to put this up, but this is a good, a good time to actually put it up. You can actually get a set of the, a B strong, upper arm bands.

[00:12:22] Everybody wants big guns, right? Everybody wants big arms. They're normally $288. But for a limited time to my audience, there are 199. If you go to the website, B S T R O N g.training forward slash super dash or super hyphen human, you'll save almost a hundred dollars off this and you get a 30 day, month back guarantee.

[00:12:45] Where do you, you know, $199. A good nitric oxide precursor will probably cost you 30 to $50 a bottle. You'll probably go through. If you take the recommended dose, you'll probably go through a bottle at least a month. These are last [00:13:00] few years and they'll actually do the things that you want that supplement to do.

[00:13:05] So this is a really unique opportunity to pick up a set at a ridiculously low price. Start with your upper arms. If you see the progress, then get them for your legs too. But this makes getting involved with them, uh, much easier. So I just wanted to put that out there to those who are listening right now.

[00:13:21] And I don't know any supplements that give you a 30 day money back guarantee. Well, there are a couple, I take that back. There are some things out there, but not none of them are nitric oxide precursors to my now. Yeah, let's see. We have a question here. Hold on a second. I don't know. Who's asking this question because their security settings do not allow their name.

[00:13:42] Pumping vascularity of the pump is a phenomenal, is phenomenal to regain the pump with subsequent workouts are even easier and it's even easier if you start out wearing, be strong bands. So why, whoever you are, why are you not using be strong bands? If [00:14:00] you know that? Why are you not using these bands post, post that answer, please.

[00:14:04] Okay. Okay, go ahead. Sorry about that.

[00:14:27] Dr. Jim Stray-Gunderson, MD: [00:14:27] Again, they immediately recognize, uh, the feelings they get from this, that, that are associated with, uh, making progress in their health and fitness.

[00:14:37] Carl Lanore: [00:14:37] You know, I've done shows where I've actually had people come on the show that I've used the bands and they've come on and said that the gains that they saw in the first week and two weeks were astonishing and you know, it just, and I know that we all want more muscle.

[00:14:54] And if you, if, if a way to build more muscle faster, more efficiently is [00:15:00] sitting right in front of you. What is the reason that you are not taking advantage of it? That's what I want to know from the audience that's listening live. So what about growth factors, growth, hormones, and intramuscular hormones.

[00:15:12] You point out that, that doesn't just affect the working muscle, but the other muscles around it, right?

[00:15:42] Dr. Jim Stray-Gunderson, MD: [00:15:42] And that is where you end up getting, uh, the hypertrophy from, and, and that, that whole there's a whole biochemistry associated with what kind of stimuli end up causing, um, the muscle cells to start producing [00:16:00] more of the muscle proteins that they need to, to get bigger. The, the other thing though, is, is that.

[00:16:07] As, as we fatigue and we become aware of that fatigue, then that signal has gotten into it or brain. And the brain responds by putting out a neuro humoral response, which includes growth hormone coming out of the brain. And then the growth hormone goes everywhere. But one of the places that goes is liver and starts making IGF one.

[00:16:27] That then is then released everywhere else. And, um, also, uh, uh, growth hormone in these settings can end up causing more testosterone to be secreted. So all of these, this hormonal mil, you starts taking over and. Yeah. It not only kind of amplifies what's going on in the world muscles that were fatigued, but it, it helps with all, all the tissues that were, that the body has, that, uh, were involved.

[00:17:00] [00:16:59] So. Yeah, you really get this amplification going on. Um,

[00:17:05] Carl Lanore: [00:17:05] that's systemic. It's actually systemic is what you're pointing out is this actually speeds. The systemic response that we would see as a response to training. This actually speeds it up. It makes it makes it more effective

[00:17:16] for

[00:17:16] Dr. Jim Stray-Gunderson, MD: [00:17:16] them. In many ways, you can think of this as a non-pharmacological method to get your growth hormone injection.

[00:17:36] I've released more nitric oxide and also to upregulate the production of nitric oxide synthesis since the base.

[00:17:44] Carl Lanore: [00:17:44] So let's let the Malik Malik puts something interesting up. He says, I'm not a fan. I had varicose veins removed two times from my legs. It's caused by valves that are damaged in the veins. Not closing fully.

[00:17:55] If you put these bands on a valve now, I don't know if he's saying [00:18:00] he got Malik. Can you tell me, did you develop varicose veins from using. Bands or you had them independently. So bands would be a bad idea. I mean, I've been using them and I don't have any changes in my veins at all.

[00:18:14] Dr. Jim Stray-Gunderson, MD: [00:18:14] So, uh, let me actually address that.

[00:18:17] Um, Uh, B strong bands are not an issue for anybody with varicose veins

[00:18:23] Carl Lanore: [00:18:23] or with,

[00:18:24] Dr. Jim Stray-Gunderson, MD: [00:18:24] or that's had varicose veins removed. Um, in fact, this business of distending and, and then evacuating or emptying the, the, uh, the veins actually mix the smooth muscle in, in these vein walls stronger. And. Varicoceles can be reduced and sometimes go away completely when you use be strong on a regular basis.

[00:18:50] Carl Lanore: [00:18:50] So I need you to do two things. I need you to comment on two things, a, were you using an actual, uh, Blood pressure, cuff type, [00:19:00] a blood flow restriction device that has flexibility and allows blood to move in both directions. Number one. And number two, where you crone to varicose veins before using the bands, or did you, did you find that your varicose veins got worse after using the bands?

[00:19:16] Because I know, I mean, I use them and I, and dr. Jim.

[00:19:30] Maybe that's I take them to the top arms and legs. I do. I take them to the top. Maybe I'm foolish, but I, my, my quads, my shoulders, when I wear my, my upper arms, my shoulders get a pump. No, I never used BFR. I had them before. Thank you. He, so he did have varicose veins before. So my you saying that he might actually be a good candidate to use the, be strong bands to recuperate his varicose veins.

[00:19:55] Dr. Jim Stray-Gunderson, MD: [00:19:55] Absolutely

[00:19:56] Carl Lanore: [00:19:56] interesting because I do know good. I'm sorry.

[00:20:00] [00:20:00] Dr. Jim Stray-Gunderson, MD: [00:20:00] At the very, very least they're not a risk. They won't, they won't make the varicose veins get bigger. Um, and at best they may just take whatever ones you have, uh, take them away.

[00:20:14] Carl Lanore: [00:20:14] So I remember reading a study.

[00:21:05] [00:21:00] Dr. Jim Stray-Gunderson, MD: [00:21:05] Yeah, all, all, all the changes that happen with, um, these kinds of things. Um, they happen in all, all the different tissues. So the fascia, the muscle, the tendons, uh, the blood vessels, themselves, everything, the thing is, uh, it ha gets an anabolic stimulus

[00:21:24] Carl Lanore: [00:21:24] to it.

[00:21:49] At be strong.training forward slash super hyphen human. They're normally $288 for a limited time. They're $199 and they have a 30 day money back guarantee. And surely in 30 days [00:22:00] you'll know whether or not they're working. Everybody who uses them as described emails me, it says, I can't believe how big my upper arms are.

[00:22:08] Like in a week. They've changed dramatically. I've never been able to get my arms to grow now they're growing. So.

[00:22:31] And your questions. I see questions are starting to load up. So sit tight. We'll be right back. This is the superhuman channel doing reps with the weight of the world.

[00:22:49] Welcome back. Oh boy, we've got lots of good questions and comments and lots of good things going on over here. So let's just go right down the list here for a second. First of all, it looks like it was Aiden.

[00:23:29] [00:23:00] Uh, easily with just a single set of pushups. So now, um, here's a good question also from Malik.

[00:24:09] [00:24:00] Dr. Jim Stray-Gunderson, MD: [00:24:09] Well, uh, if, if what he is getting at is the idea that if your hematocrit gets too high, that your, the viscosity of the blood gets higher. And at some point it gets so high that the blood clots, um, but, uh, Be strong. Doesn't change that one way or the other.

[00:24:35] Carl Lanore: [00:24:35] And again, let's, let's be Paul let's, you know, we're interchanging the word BFR and be strong because right here, Marcus may guard says I haven't used the be strong bands, but I have used basic cheap occlusion bands, mostly for knee and elbow issues.

[00:24:53] I really like how you can get a good training effect from lightweights. But those bands are the ones that could be [00:25:00] the ones that are dangerous because they're occluding the blood. They're trapping the blood and not letting a normal exchange of in and

[00:25:06] Dr. Jim Stray-Gunderson, MD: [00:25:06] out. Yeah. So, um, I appreciate Marcus's comments. Uh they're they're good comments.

[00:25:14] Um, the. When you, when you go the cheap route, what happens is you don't have the degree of control and therefore you don't have the safety profiles that you do when, when you're using our, our equipment and, and some much more expensive equipment. But, uh, uh, we tried to make these things safe and as well as affordable, um, So, um, but I think Marcus and his right, uh, uh, you can really get a good training effect from a basically very lightweights.

[00:25:50] Carl Lanore: [00:25:50] So I've received numerous messages and emails, uh, requesting that. I ask you this question. If someone wants [00:26:00] to improve calf, Muscle size and most notably the gas struck, obviously when we talk about the calf, we're always talking about the gastro. Nobody even knows what the soul, the soleus is most of the time.

[00:26:11] So, um, is it a bad idea to put the band around the popliteal area of the knee to trap the blood in the calf?

[00:26:20] Dr. Jim Stray-Gunderson, MD: [00:26:20] Yeah. That the way we do this, we're what we're after is we're after, um, Putting up a resistance for blood to get out of an extremity. So that means that it's always high up on the arm or high up on, on

[00:26:38] Carl Lanore: [00:26:38] that way.

[00:26:39] That way dynamics have a whole leg in order to offset brighter here and there.

[00:26:45] Dr. Jim Stray-Gunderson, MD: [00:26:45] And then, and then if you want to work on your calves and you do calf exercises and that's, what's going to get those gas drops, uh, really looking nice and defined and, and strong.

[00:26:56] Carl Lanore: [00:26:56] Yeah, here's the, here's the question? Eight and Ray says he wants to try the [00:27:00] arm bands for the calves and he use in that manner.

[00:27:03] Well, you just answered that question. No, don't put him, put the leg bands up high. And so, so here's something that I noticed, and I didn't want to answer this, but my forearms looked like Popeye's forearms. When I put the bands on up here and my calves get an insane pump. When I put the bands all the way up on high, on my thigh now.

[00:27:22] Right. When I put the bands on high, on my thighs, I literally get up there in the, in the fold of the leg. Yeah. I bet I'm going to make sure I'm doing it because I don't want to restrict the muscle, uh, ability to con the entire muscle to contract. So I try to get up there all the way up, just right under my, you know, my junk hair.

[00:27:45] You know what I mean? Is that the right? Yeah. We've

[00:27:47] Dr. Jim Stray-Gunderson, MD: [00:27:47] gotta be careful. Cause you don't want to trap anything. You don't.

[00:27:51] Carl Lanore: [00:27:51] Yeah, no, I know I'm careful about that.

[00:27:54] Dr. Jim Stray-Gunderson, MD: [00:27:54] I, you know, if we're live.

[00:27:57] Carl Lanore: [00:27:57] Yes, yes, please.

[00:28:03] [00:28:00] And then I pulled the outside up higher because of the, okay. So yours is pretty much level. Yeah. Yeah. That's it. That's

[00:28:10] Dr. Jim Stray-Gunderson, MD: [00:28:10] it. So now that the upper edge is, is pretty high up there. Yeah. Yeah. Um, but basically the rest of the thing is just straight across.

[00:28:19] Carl Lanore: [00:28:19] I've gone to high where I've gone, I put them on and went for a walk and it caused real life shaping feelings and the crotch there.

[00:28:26] So I've done that. So what about that? Can I put them on outside my workout clothes?

[00:28:32] Dr. Jim Stray-Gunderson, MD: [00:28:32] Yeah, absolutely. Um, uh, you know, I wouldn't have really thick clothing. Uh, but any kind of workout shorts or t-shirt or tights, anything like that is just fine. I mean, this, this shirt, this shirt is just fine here. I could write, just put it right on right there.

[00:28:53] Good to go.

[00:30:07] [00:30:00] [00:29:00] These, um, compounds or acid in the muscle, and then you can keep them trapped in there by leaving the band on that. It ends up being cleared out pretty well because there's always some blood flow going through it. Right, right, right. So, um, uh, not that it's particularly bad or good, but, uh, it, we generally recommend to use, to be doing exercise when you have the be strong vans on.

[00:30:37] And that should, that should be just fine.

[00:30:40] Carl Lanore: [00:30:40] So I have a friend that, uh, loves to lift heavy and, um, I asked him about, you know, what do you think of the be strong bands? And he he's comment to me was I like to lift big boy weights. I think there's an implication that be strong, contributes to a muscle [00:31:00] architecture changes.

[00:31:01] But not to strength. Are there correlates between using be strong and increasing strength as well?

[00:31:08] Dr. Jim Stray-Gunderson, MD: [00:31:08] Oh, absolutely.

[00:31:09] Carl Lanore: [00:31:09] Talk about

[00:31:09] Dr. Jim Stray-Gunderson, MD: [00:31:09] that. Well, uh, you know, uh, go back to the, if we go back to the first katsu study, um, uh, they were used both by bodybuilders to look big and be big, but they were also used by Olympic lifters and that sort of thing to get strong.

[00:31:32] And, um,

[00:32:01] [00:32:00] So you get both hypertrophy

[00:32:04] Carl Lanore: [00:32:04] hyperplasia,

[00:32:05] Dr. Jim Stray-Gunderson, MD: [00:32:05] and both of those two things translate into improved strength

[00:32:11] Carl Lanore: [00:32:11] is gold. And why is it gold? Because those changes in the muscle remained for the rest of your life. It's not matter fluid driven a phenomenon it's tissue. Yeah. And it's,

[00:32:24] Dr. Jim Stray-Gunderson, MD: [00:32:24] it's very, it's very hard to stimulate satellite cell development.

[00:32:29] Carl Lanore: [00:32:29] In fact,

[00:32:51] Dr. Jim Stray-Gunderson, MD: [00:32:51] So like that, that one, um, a guy that was calling and said that he really does like to lift heavy. Uh, that's [00:33:00] fine. Um, you know, what, what I think people, what people end up, uh, gravitating towards is, you know, you don't want to throw the baby out with the bath water. So, uh, let's say you get your yourself a pair of be strong bands.

[00:33:14] It doesn't mean you can't do any of the other exercises you've been doing all your life. So, and the way we ease into this is go ahead and do your normal weight work or, or three quarters of your normal workout. Um, just the way you do. Uh, and then.

[00:33:55] Uh, actually learn how they're getting stronger by, you know, [00:34:00] once a week doing a lifting session where they try to max out, find it, you know, whether they're doing kind of a three rep max or a one rep max or whatever. Uh, they're finding that despite the fact that they're not lifting the same heavy weights anymore, they're still getting stronger at those heavier.

[00:34:17] Heavier weights.

[00:34:19] Carl Lanore: [00:34:19] So, um, Marcus asks, is there any benefit to wearing bands and going for a power walk? I do this by the way. Or should the bands only be on for 10 minutes at a time?

[00:34:30] Dr. Jim Stray-Gunderson, MD: [00:34:30] No. So that's another aspect of be strong. Um, we've made these so you can use them with virtually any exercise. And, um, so if, if you want to go for a 20 or 30 minute walk with the bands on your legs, um,

[00:35:14] [00:35:00] Carl Lanore: [00:35:14] Right. It's like wearing a weight. It's like wearing a weight vest throughout the day, and then you take it off and you realize how much stronger you are just from bearing that load.

[00:35:22] Dr. Jim Stray-Gunderson, MD: [00:35:22] Yeah. So any exercise you can think of, you can just put in the, be strong bands on amplifies the benefit that you're going to get out of that workout, whether it, whether it's yoga or, uh, running or swimming, or, uh, a, um,

[00:36:08] [00:36:00] Carl Lanore: [00:36:08] Can you speak to the use for, or against wearing the arm bands on leg day, as well as wearing the leg bands on upper body day? Should I do, could I just put them all on and go to the gym when you think about that?

[00:36:21] Dr. Jim Stray-Gunderson, MD: [00:36:21] I think the way you do it as a way to do it, um, One of the things is the reason why there is, you know, let's say upper body days and lower body days is because the damage that you would do with normal, heavy weights, you need to about 48 hours to recover from that.

[00:36:38] But with be strong bands and be strong exercise, uh, the recoveries in a couple hours. So because you really haven't done the damage. And so you can do both arms and legs the same day. You can wear all four bands at the same time and do various forms of exercise that use all sorts of muscles. So, [00:37:00] um, absolutely.

[00:37:02] Uh, uh, what I, what I would counsel Aiden on is the idea of, uh, that it's. That he really wants to expand to whole body exercise every day.

[00:37:18] Carl Lanore: [00:37:18] So Dave Buchanan says that he saw growth while using, uh, blood flow restriction bands. They weren't the BFR bands. However, my blood pressure started to spike. I had problems controlling it once I w I got off the bands, my blood pressure returned to normal in a few weeks.

[00:37:36] Do you think that this had anything to do with his blood pressure spike?

[00:37:40] Dr. Jim Stray-Gunderson, MD: [00:37:40] Um, it's hard to say, it's, it's a very complex picture of why blood pressure actually goes up or not. However, uh, this is a reason for Dave to go get some, be strong bands because you need to control the amount of blood flow restriction, uh, just right.

[00:38:00] [00:37:59] To be both safe and, and effective. And the other thing is there's been. One of the things is a recent paper just came out, showing that, um, uh, doing well, walking on a treadmill, um, when, when you walk on a treadmill, your blood pressure goes up, uh, and, uh, uh, This study, compared just walking with a treadmill, normally walking on a treadmill with the be strong bands in place, and then walking in on a treadmill with the, um, uh, with these kind of wide, uh, tourniquets.

[00:38:42] Carl Lanore: [00:38:42] Yeah. The cheap ones, right? Yeah. Yeah.

[00:38:44] Dr. Jim Stray-Gunderson, MD: [00:38:44] Um, and. And, uh, what happened was the blood pressure. There was an exaggerated blood pressure response when we used the, uh, the wide

[00:38:56] Carl Lanore: [00:38:56] occlusive. Okay. I was gonna say, cause you're you're cause you're occluding [00:39:00] blood. Now the body is trying to overcome that because PR because, uh, proprioceptive feedback, your muscles are going.

[00:39:07] Wow. We're we're, we're blowing up with no, no blood flow. So your body is going, well, maybe we need to turn up the pressure because we're obviously not effective in that part of the body. Right?

[00:39:16] Dr. Jim Stray-Gunderson, MD: [00:39:16] So two things are going on. One is, is the, body's getting a signal that you need to put it in more blood, right.

[00:39:22] And claim time, the thing is really dammed up. And so it can't get out. So you've got this pump. That's now pushing into, into something that, uh, uh, doesn't give and that's. That's one of the things by our design that we've avoided. That's why these bands are really safe. And so if you're using B strong bands, um, on a regular basis, if anything, your blood pressure, your resting blood pressure is going to go down because you're getting the benefits of this kind of exercise.

[00:39:53] Carl Lanore: [00:39:53] Okay. Okay. So, um, Kurt Haddish says, uh, I have read people, recommend set reps.

[00:40:25] [00:40:00] Dr. Jim Stray-Gunderson, MD: [00:40:25] And, um, the idea that you're doing multiple reps so that the, and multiple sets so that, so that the working muscle kind of runs out of gas. It doesn't have it. Doesn't have its inner solidly, the phosphates replenished because the blood flow is restricted. So that's the principle. You either one of those, uh, protocols is just fine.

[00:40:50] And you know, the other thing to say is, is. Um, nothing set in stone. So if for a particular, uh, exercise, [00:41:00] let's say you can only do 20 reps or something like that, then you, you know, you might try four sets of 20 reps. Um,

[00:41:08] Carl Lanore: [00:41:08] but the goal, the goal, the golden rule is just, you got to fail at a higher number to exaggerate that pump really what we're shooting for here.

[00:41:17] Right? So, so here's an interesting question. And this is something that.

[00:41:37] Uh, can lead to with the heaviest weights could lead to syncope. You could actually, you know, you just, your body just kind of drops your blood pressure because it's all trapped in your legs. Especially if you're doing squat. I thought of some more specifically, I've found that if I put the bands on and I do heavy leg movements, I definitely notice a little kind of, um, wooziness, let's say, [00:42:00] I don't think it's wise to, to do heavy squats and heavy deadlifts wearing anything.

[00:42:06] That is a restricting blood flow in any way, shape or form. What do you think about that?

[00:42:12] Dr. Jim Stray-Gunderson, MD: [00:42:12] Uh, I agree. Um, and, uh, but to specifically answer this question about the, um, uh, you, you can do be strong bands with, or without a weightlifting belt, it really will have no influence on it one way or the other. Um, and the.

[00:42:32] The thing that I would say though, is if you're doing squats and deadlifts with be strong band sign, you're not really going to need the big weights that the weight belt is typically going to support. So, um, you re you really don't need it. Uh, but it's not going to hurt if you use it.

[00:42:51] Carl Lanore: [00:42:51] Okay. Alright. Uh, I want to take our last commercial break.

[00:42:56] These are all great questions. Keep them coming. If you have more, please post them, but I'm still waiting [00:43:00] for somebody to tell me.

[00:43:45] I got to get the leg bands. Now, if it does this for my upper body, I need to get something for my lower body too. So check it out. We'll be right back with more stay tuned. This is the superhuman channel where brawn and brains finally meet

[00:44:07] [00:44:00] Jim is working his upper arms right now.

[00:44:10] Dr. Jim Stray-Gunderson, MD: [00:44:10] Yeah, my third set.

[00:44:12] Carl Lanore: [00:44:12] There you go. Eight eight and said, you know, I want to talk about this for a second. What you're doing. Um, he said, thank you. I was also experiencing milestone cope with heavy squats and deadlifts while banded and belted. You know, the compartmentalization of blood, uh, is a handy thing, but when you're all out lifting weights, your blood needs to flow freely, uh, from limbs to the core of the body and so on.

[00:44:36] And I, I learned this the hard way, another person who did this wasn't I don't think he was using. Be strong bands, but dr. Dominic  was squatting with the blood flow restriction in place, in his legs. And he, he almost passed out. He said, uh, during one of the reps. So yeah, when you're, when you're doing something heavy, you know, you don't need to, uh, take, take, take the heavyweight off the bands on put, you [00:45:00] know, 125 pounds on the bar and do 20 reps with it.

[00:45:03] That, that that's the place at the end of, uh, at the end of that word. So, yeah.

[00:45:07] Dr. Jim Stray-Gunderson, MD: [00:45:07] As a, as a girl, let me just add as a general rule for when you're actually lifting, uh, weights, uh, generally use from 25 to 33% of your one rep max.

[00:45:20] Carl Lanore: [00:45:20] Yeah. Very light, very light. And people may feel foolish lifting that kind of lightweight, but if it's going to work, what do you care?

[00:45:26] If it actually builds strength and muscle size, what do you care? I mean, think about the lack of injuries. Look at me. I mean, I got like Frankenstein's body at this stage in my life because of all the injuries I've sustained and, you know, I could have just done it with be strong bands and I probably look a lot better and feel better too.

[00:45:42] Dr. Jim Stray-Gunderson, MD: [00:45:42] Well, you know, you make, you make a good point, Carl, and that is that, um, as we age, uh, we're just not capable of doing the kind of workouts that we used to. And, and, uh, we picked up various injuries along the way, and, [00:46:00] uh, we can easily aggravate those if you're, if you're lifting heavy, uh, that's nothing that be strong bands really helped with.

[00:46:07] Carl Lanore: [00:46:07] I want to talk about aging a little bit more. This is a great segue to what I wanted to say. There are a lot of people out there who really can't do a whole lot of anything. And I've been a huge proponent of start where you are and what I've said on this show for. A decade now is if all you can do is stand up up during the TV commercials, start there, make a good goal.

[00:46:29] You watch two or three shows. Stand up during every TV commercial, do that for a week or two, then stand up and walk around the chair.

[00:47:07] [00:47:00] To take that a step further. These bands, you know, PE people go to water aerobics because it's easy to do. You got your whole body movement, you got resistance, you feel better, you get stronger and progression. You just, you could do more and more and more. Eventually you get out of the pool. This is a great method to use.

[00:47:28] If all you could do is sit in your chair, then put the bands on and do.

[00:47:51] Absolutely. But you know, the number one reason a person is institutionalized is because they fall. They usually fall getting out of a chair. Then the kids come [00:48:00] and say, Hey mom, Hey dad, you can't live by yourself anymore. You got to go into an institution. This is a great way to keep yourself out of an institution.

[00:48:05] Number one, number two, as we understand aging better and better. And we understand the role of.

[00:48:57] It's going to exaggerate that [00:49:00] blood flow into the microvasculature what's going to happen. It's all closed up. It's gonna slowly start to open you do that day in and day out. It starts to open the lining of that. Microvasculature starts to revive and all of a sudden. You notice that your neuropathy isn't as bad as it used to be.

[00:49:18] We know that this is at the root of most people's neuropathies. It used to be, we thought it was blood glycation. We thought it was a blood sugar glycation end products that only died. But now we know people that aren't even diabetic of getting neuropathies. Now it's microvascular changes. Now, what is it from?

[00:49:34] Is it from glyphosate? Is it from the consumption of caffeine? Is it from this who knows? But one way to reverse it. Is to change the hemodynamics in your legs. And you can do that with these bands.

[00:49:46] Dr. Jim Stray-Gunderson, MD: [00:49:46] Right? What do you think of that? I think that's absolutely right. Uh, in, in fact there there's, uh, been a study that was published in medicine, science, sports, and exercise in 2014, [00:50:00] where they showed that, um, uh, Uh, ache one bout of, um, katsu in this case, uh, was, was, uh, Upregulated vegs,  alpha, the nitric oxide things, all of these things that build new and better endothelium.

[00:50:21] And so, uh, this really is a cure and a fix for microvascular disease.

[00:50:28] Carl Lanore: [00:50:28] Yeah. And you start light, you don't pump these suckers right up. You, you, you, you're not living with any blood flow restriction at this moment. So just a, just a tiny bit is going to change things. And then you, then you progress, you, you move more with them on that's it.

[00:50:43] Dr. Jim Stray-Gunderson, MD: [00:50:43] Right. And, um, also another thing for kind of the seniors out there. Uh, we're not there yet, Carl, so don't worry

[00:50:54] Carl Lanore: [00:50:54] when they, when they were talking about people over 60 dying from COVID, I said, Oh my God, that's me. [00:51:00] Yeah. I know.

[00:51:02] Dr. Jim Stray-Gunderson, MD: [00:51:02] Definitely over 60. But, uh, there was a very interesting in Japan, their population is aging and, and, and they're basically there's, they have lots of old people cause they take good care of them.

[00:51:18] But these old people were happy getting around less and less and getting to a point where they needed help to come in. Did the home a to G we do the daily chores and, and various things, or maybe go shopping and they started them on, um, katsu regime or like be strong. And they actually. Uh, improve the fitness of these elderly people, such that they didn't have to have help come into the house anymore.

[00:51:49] And so, uh, it was really a cost savings to society. Uh, the, the, he felt much better about themselves. There's a lot of stuff, uh, uh, [00:52:00] worth and being able to take care of yourself. And that's a lot, a lot of good things coming

[00:52:05] Carl Lanore: [00:52:05] out of it. So there you go. Lots of good reasons to get them. You can get the upper arm band right now by going to the website, B S T R O N g.training/super hyphen human.

[00:52:16] They're normally $288 for my audience. Only. There are $199. They come with a 30 day money back guarantee. They even have financing available at the website, zero interest financing for six months to make it easy for you to try them. I guarantee you that once you try them, you'll never want to be without them.

[00:52:32] They work. And I made a claim on this show after I used them for just a few weeks. And I said, they are more effective than anabolic steroids. And I've used that about steroids and I've used these bands and I'm telling you, you will see changes in your muscles and the targeted muscles. Faster than anything you've ever done.

[00:52:49] So if you really are sincerely interested in building muscle faster and more effectively and more efficiently, then ask yourself the question. Why don't I own a [00:53:00] pair of these bands. These are not those cheap tourniquet bands folks. These are sophisticated man medical type devices. They look just like. A blood flow, a blood pressure cuff with the bladder and the pump, and it has the gauge.

[00:53:16] And you know that you have the exact same pressure every time you use them on each limb that you want. And boom, you're ready to go. So check it out. Don't be missing out on this, uh, doctor Jim. Thanks so much for being here today. Oh,

[00:53:31] Dr. Jim Stray-Gunderson, MD: [00:53:31] happy to be here.

[00:53:32] Carl Lanore: [00:53:32] Okay. And we'll talk to you again soon. Okay.

[00:53:35] Dr. Jim Stray-Gunderson, MD: [00:53:35] All right.

[00:53:35] Very good.

[00:53:36] Carl Lanore: [00:53:36] Thank you, Carl. Okay. And then we are off the air tomorrow, so have a happy and healthy 4th of July. And we do have a great show Monday. Joel green is joining us Monday, so you're going to want to be there for that and we'll see you then take care. [00:54:00]