Control Your Nerves: An In-Depth Exploration of HRV with Jason Moore

If you could choose one biomarker to monitor each day, heart rate variability may be it. This is an in-depth discussion about everything you wish to know HRV, how to measure it, what it means, and how to improve it.

Who is Jason Moore?

Jason Moore is the Director and Instructor of National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) and National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) accredited coursework on Heart Rate Variability (HRV). Founder of Elite HRV, the most widely used free HRV analysis tool.

Jason holds a Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems from Texas A&M University and has been invited to speak about his work at many conferences and venues.

Over the past 5 years, he has researched and used HRV technology through active collaboration with professional athletes, doctors, first responders, and thousands of health and performance seekers. Via this network, he is continuously exposed to the latest scientific research and methods for making the best use of HRV and other biomarkers.

Prior to specializing in Heart Rate Variability, Jason designed and implemented large scale data analysis systems for the Oil and Gas industry, focusing on making complex data actionable. Jason has also been a health and performance coach and personal trainer, and truly enjoys teaching others how to optimize their health and performance to become their best self.

Key Highlights

• [4:28] Our mutual connections
• [5:17] What is heart rate variability?
• [6:58] The factors which influence heart rate variability
• [9:46] What technology is required to measure HRV?
• [12:38] The purpose of different time series measurements
• [19:10] Why you get different HRV numbers from different devices
• [20:02] Calculating HRV
• [32:52] Why referencing ranges for HRV are a problem
• [37:34] How to improve HRV
• [42:43] The role of the vagus nerve
• [43:57] The autonomic nervous system
• [50:38] Travel and its impact on your nervous system
• [54:51] Using HRV in the financial markets
• [58:15] Jason answers the final four questions

Resources Mentioned

• Elite HRV
• HRV Academy
• Corsense
• Polar H10 Heart Rate Monitor, Bluetooth HRM Chest Strap
• Firstbeat
• Heart Rate Variability and Biological Age: Implications for Health and Gaming
• Palo Alto Prize
• Normative Elite HRV Scores by Age and Gender
• What Does Heart Rate Variability Tell Me About My Health?
• Interoceptive Ability Predicts Survival on a London Trading Floor

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