Blood flow restriction training accumulates metabolic byproducts like lactate, creating hormonal effects such as increased VEGF and HIF-1.

“and the goal is to like you said to include the venous return so that the products of metabolism and the muscles specifically lactate will accumulate and that creates the hormonal effects specifically the veg F and the hip one the hypoxia-inducible factor one is that correct”

“it's it's not hurting where the band is compressing me i'm feeling that sensation of basically lactic acidosis throughout the entire leg as opposed to just the pain of being constricted where the band is when it's a thin band”

“the one of the reasons I like doing this set I had you do today is um I like exposing my legs to lactate right so the more lactate you're exposed to the more MCT the cells will upregulate so basically you want your cells to become more and more efficient at taking lactate and getting it out of the cell and ultimately right lactate's an amazing fuel”

“when you impair Venus return slightly uh and that's really the goal of Blood Flow Restriction it's not complete occlusion it's partial occlusion you are allowing the accumulation of metabolites at a much higher rate right so more lactic acid is pooling”

“when you olude your arm for example will distal to that occlusion lactate is going through the roof because you're exercising that arm and you're not letting the lactate clear out of circulation”

“I could demonstrate that I had a higher level of lactate doing uh Blood Flow Restriction than not even when I was lifting slightly more weight and you know doing something traditional”