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Trying to get strong? Forget muscles, you need to work out your NERVES by lifting heavy weights, new study finds
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[quote:Dr. Moran:MV8zNTc0OTU4XzYzODQ3MTY3XzQwMzU3Nzg4] [quote:DO U EVEN LIFT BRO...??? 71218818:MV8zNTc0OTU4XzUzQjhBN0Qz] http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4681956/Strength-comes-nerves-muscles.html Those trying to become stronger by putting in extra hours at the gym may be getting it all wrong, according to new research. Researchers have found that engaging your nerves could be more important to gaining strength than working out your muscles. In the body, specialised nerves known as motor neurons relay signals from the brain to the muscle tissue, which allows us to choose when we flex our muscles. Scientists have now found that some types of exercise engage the nerves surrounding our muscle tissue more than others. They discovered that lifting heavy weights engages the nerve cells more than lifting light weights, even if you do far fewer reps. Lifting heavy weights can induce nerves to carry more signals from the brain to the muscles, making muscles stronger, the researchers found. [/quote] Uh. What "new research"? I was a competetive powerlifter back in early 2000s and even us amateurs knew that the central nervous system (CNS) was the key. It's been known since 1970s since the Russians pioneered their scientific method for weightlifters. Lots of muscle mass was, in fact, a handicap because you wanted to stay under a certain weight to compete in your weight class. The key to success was to train your CNS to the max without adding body weight. Many short sets (3-4 reps) with total load (reps x sets x weights) ramping up every week until you were borderline overtrained. The load diagram would look like a sawtooth waveform with the baseline increasing over the weeks. Then you'd have a week focusing on speed (i.e. training your skeletal muscle nerves): You'd do short EXPLOSIVE reps with light weights (50-60% of your target max). After that it was competition and/or record breaking time. [/quote]
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Those trying to become stronger by putting in extra hours at the gym may be getting it all wrong, according to new research.
Researchers have found that engaging your nerves could be more important to gaining strength than working out your muscles.
In the body, specialised nerves known as motor neurons relay signals from the brain to the muscle tissue, which allows us to choose when we flex our muscles.
Scientists have now found that some types of exercise engage the nerves surrounding our muscle tissue more than others.
They discovered that lifting heavy weights engages the nerve cells more than lifting light weights, even if you do far fewer reps.
Lifting heavy weights can induce nerves to carry more signals from the brain to the muscles, making muscles stronger, the researchers found.
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