My biggest problem is a drained CNS. I cant get a decent workout if my CNS is impaired even just a bit.
Sleep, tuned-in nutrition, post-workout nutrition, and supplements such as ZMA and anabolic agents can speed up recovery.
However, Im wondering if meditation or relaxation techniques can have a significant impact on recovery of the CNS. Obviously if the CNS is not fully recovered, the signal from the brain to the muscle will be considerably weaker and result in impaired performance. Doing this can form a transition between overreaching and actual over-working which can last weeks to recver from.
I searched PUBMED and NSCA’s database for studies on the subject but found nothin relevant to te subject.
Anybody have any information on the subjects, perhaps some studies?
Cassanova, John Berardi, Mark McDougal maybe? You’re th experts on the boards, let it out if you know a little bit on the subject. A speedy recovery of the CNS after an intense Squat workout f.ex. would benefit anyone, and any techniques to achieve this would be very valuable.
The best source that deals with this is Charlie Francis “Training For Speed”. managing the CNS is the main training focus for a sprinter. Sleep, relaxation, plenty of sleep, massage, and some supplemnts, especialy minerals like calcium and magnesium, can really help the CNS. Probably your best bet is to manage your training just to avoid training to failure and be very careful about increasing your weights. Autoregulate your training. Stop as soon as you notice a drop off in bar speed or weight lifted. Often times when you feel really good or set a new personal best it’s time to go home…continuing to train in a state of high CNS arousal can take a long time to recover from.
Adjust training volume per workout to avoid excessive stress on CNS.
Quality relaxation, meditation, prayer, spiritual mind treatment - whatever might work for you to slow down the inner workings of your mind and bring about true calm and relaxation.
alot of the rugby guys i have worked with loved the water tanks for relaxation.
its body temp water that really salty so you float, in a sound proof pitch black box/coffin.
these guys need all the recovery techniques they could get (3x training per day and no pads in rugby my friends!).
maybe a local University may have one D23?