Free Lyano!
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His CNS should be fully recovered after the time off. āHopefullyā he comes back to continue the discussion while playing by the rules that have been in place forever.
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bump @lyano
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My wife has a degree in neuroscience, and teaches it at the undergrad level in college. She is new to lifting though, so maybe she doesnāt understand the connotation.
She rolls her eyes when lifters talk about āCNS fatigueā or āCNS damageā. She told me CNS Fatigue would be really bad, and it would really mean your brain starting shutting down. She said CNS Damage would occur if the brain and/or spinal cord were actually physically damaged or through a disease like ALS. So unless the barbell crushed through your torso and severed your spine, no CNS damage from training.
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I think itās fair to say that CNS fatigue is likely a misnomer in general, and really isnāt a thing at all for most beginner lifters, but I also think that when we say CNS fatigue, we are talking about a real phenomenon that is indeed separate from just āregularā muscular fatigue. It may not be, specifically, that the CNS is actually damaged or even tired, but weāre describing SOMETHING that feels like that to us. Some sort of cumulative fatigue that transcends generic muscle soreness that we all experience.
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Yeah definitely. Would be nice to know whatās actually going on there scientifcally.
Maybe its more accurately adrenal fatigue? But that could be bro science too
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Probably is a misnomer but we know that to much stress long term can lead to general fatigue. For example, itās been shown that long term anxiety can show as depression. So why not a similar mechanism for other types of stress such as lifting very heavy? Might be adrenal fatigue, but we know stress can affect many mechanisms in us.
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Yeah but sheās obviously never tried to make a living as a fitness author 
CNS fatigue/damage , metabolic damage,ā¦ Iām sure thereās plenty more catchy terms.
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Iām sure she could come up with some catchy terms haha
There was this 21 year old kid on instagram claiming to be a āGenetic Trainerā or something like that. He prepared a a āDiet programā which was shared by his client and it turned out be 200g of protein a day, almost exclusively from protein shakes.