Heart rate variability
Subject in Health & Fitness
Heart rate variability has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Dylan Gemelli Podcast. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Salim NajjarFormer CEO and human performance educator known as "That HRV Guy," focused on heart rate variability and nervous system health
Najjar claims a sports agency told him its Hall of Fame athletes had much higher HRVs than its regular athletes, and argues the clutch gene can be trained.
“we've noticed in every one of our Hall of Fame athletes, insanely higher HRVs than our regular athletes”
The Dylan Gemelli Podcast: Episode #178: What a 100yo Japanese Smoker Taught Me About Stress? - Featuring Salim Najjar (Nov 3, 2026) · Listen from 58:18
Najjar defines an HRV baseline as the 30-day average and recommends judging the daily morning score against it.
“I define HRV baseline as your average score over the last 30 days”
The Dylan Gemelli Podcast: Episode #178: What a 100yo Japanese Smoker Taught Me About Stress? - Featuring Salim Najjar (Nov 3, 2026) · Listen from 25:26
Najjar says science has not published a normal HRV range because it is highly individual, so people should not compare their scores with others.
“they have yet to publish a range for this biomarker because they have proven it is so unique to the individual”
The Dylan Gemelli Podcast: Episode #178: What a 100yo Japanese Smoker Taught Me About Stress? - Featuring Salim Najjar (Nov 3, 2026) · Listen from 24:16
Podcasts
- The Dylan Gemelli Podcast · 1 episode
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.