Hey there T-people. I had an argument with my roommate the other day who thinks he knows everything. Anyways, it was more of a debate about the role that nerves, the CNS, and the mind-muscle connection play in lifting, recovery, and general well-being. I told him that after intense workouts (SOB 10x3 days…thanks CW) that my CNS or PNS or whatever needs time to recover along with my muscles. In fact, I told him that the nervous system plays a large role in how a person’s feels during and after training.
Maybe I am wrong, but he believes that I only feel fatigued or down (not depressed, but you know beaten up) sometimes because my muscles are tired. In his own words, “Nerves and their function can never be depleted or completely fatigued!”
So, I was wondering if anyone can give me some links to actual research. Whether it is on T-Nation or elsewhere concerning this topic. I am not that knowledgeable about this area of weightlifting, but I bet some of the brains on these forums could help me out. Anything in a journal or peer-reviewed literature would be awesome.
[quote]Slider wrote:
Hey there T-people. I had an argument with my roommate the other day who thinks he knows everything. Anyways, it was more of a debate about the role that nerves, the CNS, and the mind-muscle connection play in lifting, recovery, and general well-being. I told him that after intense workouts (SOB 10x3 days…thanks CW) that my CNS or PNS or whatever needs time to recover along with my muscles. In fact, I told him that the nervous system plays a large role in how a person’s feels during and after training.
Maybe I am wrong, but he believes that I only feel fatigued or down (not depressed, but you know beaten up) sometimes because my muscles are tired. In his own words, “Nerves and their function can never be depleted or completely fatigued!”
So, I was wondering if anyone can give me some links to actual research. Whether it is on T-Nation or elsewhere concerning this topic. I am not that knowledgeable about this area of weightlifting, but I bet some of the brains on these forums could help me out. Anything in a journal or peer-reviewed literature would be awesome.
Thanks in advance…[/quote]
if you performed HIT twice a day for a month, your CNS would likely shut down and you would die.
when you wanna barf during a hard workout - that’s your CNS protecting the body from future physical assaults.
[quote]Slider wrote:
Hey there T-people. I had an argument with my roommate the other day who thinks he knows everything. Anyways, it was more of a debate about the role that nerves, the CNS, and the mind-muscle connection play in lifting, recovery, and general well-being. I told him that after intense workouts (SOB 10x3 days…thanks CW) that my CNS or PNS or whatever needs time to recover along with my muscles. In fact, I told him that the nervous system plays a large role in how a person’s feels during and after training.
Maybe I am wrong, but he believes that I only feel fatigued or down (not depressed, but you know beaten up) sometimes because my muscles are tired. In his own words, “Nerves and their function can never be depleted or completely fatigued!”
So, I was wondering if anyone can give me some links to actual research. Whether it is on T-Nation or elsewhere concerning this topic. I am not that knowledgeable about this area of weightlifting, but I bet some of the brains on these forums could help me out. Anything in a journal or peer-reviewed literature would be awesome.
Thanks in advance…[/quote]
I won’t give you any links as I don’t want to deprieve you of wonderful learning experience that research offers (otherwise how will you teach your roomie that he’s full of it?), but I’ll point you in the right direction. Tudor Bompa in many of his books writes about overtraining/CNS fatigue (and yes lists sources)–really you can probably do a search on this site and find some sources, or google, or your library. Some topics to look into include: overtraining, overreaching, CNS fatigue, parasympathic nervous system fatigue. As a side note just about any exercise physiology book has at least a brief section devoted to this.
The CNS can be fatigued after high intenstiy days, and takes about 48 hours to recover fully… I.e. an intense sprint training session/competition, max effort days, etc… At least from what I have learned up to this point… Am I missing anything?