How to Improve Your HRV | Dr. Andy Galpin & Dr. Andrew Huberman

I'm curious as to what happens or what one should do if their hr V is reduced for maybe three or four or more days in a row . Absolutely .

How to Improve Your HRV | Dr. Andy Galpin & Dr. Andrew Huberman

So how well can you handle and bang things off the threshold ? So when you see a reduction in say 10% of your hr V today for you , that might make you feel terrible for me . I might not feel anything because I'm well adapted to large fluctuations and therefore I'm ok , the less and less you do that the more and more responsive you will be to those slight deviations .

How to Improve Your HRV | Dr. Andy Galpin & Dr. Andrew Huberman

And so now we're gonna start playing and exploring why uh are are you sleeping poor as well or was your sleep score fine ? But your HR V was low , that's a little bit of a different answer . If your sleep is getting compromised , then we're gonna start going into and making sure we're improving our sleep .

How to Improve Your HRV | Dr. Andy Galpin & Dr. Andrew Huberman

However , and we've tested this pretty extensively , um looking at Hr V zero 1530 6090 all the way up to 100 and 80 minutes post . And on average , you will see your HR V score continue to rise after that . And so , well , you have this immediate sympathetic response , you will immediately then respond .

How to Improve Your HRV | Dr. Andy Galpin & Dr. Andrew Huberman

Remember a low hr V means high sympathetic , I promise you cold water will put you in a high sympathetic drive . However , and we've tested this pretty extensively , um looking at Hr V zero 1530 6090 all the way up to 100 and 80 minutes post . And on average , you will see your HR V score continue to rise after that .