Forums >Racing>Anyone training with tourniquets??
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/21/sports/olympics/athletes-blood-flow-restriction.html
I had never heard of this.... Galen is into it.
Anyone tried it?
runktrun
Molly Huddle alluded to something about restricting blood flow in one of her IG posts...must have been this.
Here's an article not behind paywall, from 2014.
Tourniquet training triggers 'dramatic' strength gains for wounded troops | Article | The United States Army
Not running for my health, but in spite of it.
Tomorrow, I'm going to jump on the treadmill with bungee cords strapped around my upper thighs... what could go wrong?
pics or it didn't happen
Mother of Cats
I can't dig it up now, but I believe miler Heather Kampf was using this technique a few years ago when she was trying to come back quickly from an injury.
Everyone's gotta running blog; I'm the only one with a POOL-RUNNING blog.
And...if you want a running Instagram where all the pictures are of cats, I've got you covered.
Well done with this article!
drift boss
Your article is very good and useful, thank you for sharing, bk8 hopes that next time you will have more good articles to send to all readers.