Peripheral Heart Action (P.H.A.) an excerpt from Bob's published and copyrighted paper
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III. The Recovery Facilitation Factor

Although it is true that every muscle contains buffers, it is also true that no single muscle contains enough to repay it's own loss.  For water to be purified, it must be filtered over many rocks.  Like a stream of water, blood must pass over many muscles to pick up additional buffers.   When buffers are used up, lactates (acids) accumulate.  The difference between a conditioned athlete and the non-athlete is a phosphate (reserve) buffer.  The more progressive training one does, the more buffers you put in the back, so to speak.  It is a type of security to draw on when the need does arise.  In short, the value of the P.H.A. system is in:

1. Speed Circulation
2. Acceleration of Buffer Action—This is accomplished by doing exercises designated to facilitate recovery, i.e., Joint Range of Motion (ROM) exercises
3. Direct Antagonist (Opposite Function) Exercises
4. Lower and Upper Leg Exercises
5. Abdominal Exercises
6. Gamma Tone Reset D'ROM Factor

This can be summarized as the second point in criterion of the P.H.A. system, i.e., it will facilitate a quicker recovery, therefore a greater work load can be incurred.

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