Dr. Andy Galpin

Along the way, of course, we talked about what your heart is, why that tissue is special and unique.

and how it functions.

We talked specifically about your VO2 max, how to test that score, how to know where you are in that spectrum of good, great, terrible, elite, and then really what to do about it at the end.

In covering that stuff, we also gave some hints about things like CO2 tolerance, how that influences sleep and recovery, respiratory rate, HRV, and a number of other factors that are not directly but highly associated with overall cardiovascular health.

If you were of my opinion when I first started my full-rate indexless physiology and you didn't really give cardiovascular health and performance the credit it deserved, I hope that I've changed your mind a little bit and warmed you up to it.

If you're the opposite direction, coming in, being a champion of the cardiovascular system, I hope I just gave music to your ears and let you double or triple down on your joy and biases towards the heart and its importance in overall health and physical performance.

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And never forget, in the famous words of Bill Bowerman, if you have a body, you're an athlete.