Whoever you are, however you move, there’s a pretty good chance you can benefit from using KAATSU. That’s a pretty big claim, but it’s backed up by science and experience. There are plenty of stories of KAATSU helping people who had serious fitness...
What do you think of when you hear the word “Biohacking”? I’m one of those folks who gets intrigued when they hear words like this. While I had heard the word, I didn’t really know what it entailed. When I heard that many biohackers are into...
I tore my left Achilles tendon in November 2019 during an attempt to pass my 6th degree black belt grading in Kendo. The first treatment for it was using Shockwave Therapy which may have been effective, but as everything locked down in 2020 due to the Covid-19...
KAATSU is meant and designed to be used on two arms or two legs at a time, but not on all four limbs at once. When KAATSU compressions begin, the limbs become engorged with blood. This means a higher volume of blood than normal is being held in the limbs.The...
While imitation is “the sincerest form of flattery”, it has to be said that there is only one KAATSU. All sorts of folks post pictures of workouts with “dollar store” BFR straps, elastics, belts etc. and they use the hashtags of #kaatsu or...
The KAATSU story dates back to 1966, when a young Yoshiaki Sato had a brilliant insight. He’d been in seiza with his legs neatly folded underneath his body while at a Buddhist funeral. When he attempted to rise, he noticed his calves were “pumped”,...
