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What you should know about central nervous system (fatigue)

Mike Matthews interviewed me about central nervous system (CNS) fatigue. What is it, how does it affect your training and what do you do about it? Listen on iTunes Listen on Stitcherhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR5FwKgt4y4&feature=emb_title

You know how squats and deadlifts tire you out so much? Why it takes days to recover after a heavy squat or deadlift workout? How you have trouble sleeping after a heavy workout? Why compound and high intensity exercise are more fatiguing than isolation work and higher rep sets? That’s central nervo…

Warning: this article has been rated PG-13 for explicit language - which may be unsuitable for children - and misogynistic and religious satire - which may be unsuitable for feminists and religious fanatics. I want to tell you about a girl called Caffeine. Caffeine is nothing like Leucine. Caffeine…

Being in tune with your central nervous system can take you farther than you think. Read about how you can use your CNS to optimize your athletic abilities.

The study reviewed is “Caffeine-Induced Effects on Human Skeletal Muscle Contraction Time and Maximal Displacement Measured by Tensiomyography” by Domaszewski et al.