Podcast | Training Ep 880 – Are You Actually Ready to Train? w/ Joel Jamieson

Author / John

1 Hour 3 Minute Listen

HRV, recovery, and what your body is telling you before you start training.

Most training programs assume you’re the same athlete every time you walk through the door. Same recovery. Same stress. Same readiness. You’re not. Joel Jamieson, founder of Morpheus and 8 Weeks Out, joins me to break down his journey from training fighters to pioneering the use of heart rate variability (HRV) to understand what’s actually happening under the hood.

We dig into the history of HRV, cardiovascular fitness, strength training, genetics, recovery, and why more data doesn’t automatically mean better decisions. Joel also lays out where AI could change health and performance diagnostics, where it falls short, and why technology still needs a human who knows what the hell they’re looking at.

If you want to understand how recovery affects performance and how to use HRV without becoming a slave to your wearable, this one’s worth your time.

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AUTHOR

John

John Welbourn is CEO of Power Athlete and host of Power Athlete Radio. He is a 9 year starter and veteran of the NFL. John was drafted with the 97th pick in 1999 NFL Draft and went on to be a starter for the Philadelphia Eagles from 1999-2003, appearing in 3 NFC Championship games, and for starter for the Kansas City Chiefs from 2004-2007. In 2008, he played with the New England Patriots until an injury ended his season early with him retiring in 2009. Over the course of his career, John has started over 100 games and has 10 play-off appearances. He was a four year lettermen while playing football at the University of California at Berkeley. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in Rhetoric in 1998. John has worked with the MLB, NFL, NHL, Olympic athletes and Military. He travels the world lecturing on performance and nutrition and records his podcast, Power Athlete Radio, every week with over 800 episodes spanning 13 years. You can catch up with John as his personal blog, Talk To Me Johnnie, on social media @johnwelbourn or at Power Athlete Radio.