What Salim Najjar has said about Hormesis
1 quote · 1 episode · Nov 3, 2026
Salim Najjar, Former CEO and human performance educator known as "That HRV Guy," focused on heart rate variability and nervous system health, has been quoted on Hormesis once in 1 episode of The Dylan Gemelli Podcast, most recently on November 3, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Najjar explains that intense training lowers next-day HRV, but proper recovery raises the baseline through hormetic stress.
“But if you properly recover, then your baseline will start to go up because you're literally, I call it hormetic stress”
The Dylan Gemelli Podcast: Episode #178: What a 100yo Japanese Smoker Taught Me About Stress? - Featuring Salim Najjar (Nov 3, 2026) · Listen from 34:54
Episodes
Episode #178: What a 100yo Japanese Smoker Taught Me About Stress? - Featuring Salim NajjarThe Dylan Gemelli Podcast · Nov 3, 2026 · 1 h 15 min
Dylan Gemelli talks with HRV educator Salim Najjar about chronic stress, heart rate variability, trauma, elite-athlete mindset, wearables and Okinawan longevity.
Salim Najjar on other topics
- Heart rate variability · 3 quotes
- Autonomic nervous system · 2 quotes
- Okinawa · 1 quote
- Vagus nerve stimulation · 1 quote
- Wearable technology · 1 quote
- Psychological trauma · 1 quote
- Caffeine · 1 quote
- Sleep · 1 quote