Tag Archives: nervous system

Performance Research for April : Central Fatigue during Exercise part 2

More info for yas on why do you actually stop a heavy training set, high intensity exercise etc. I have some comments to get to yet on the treadmill post, so hang in there with me. Excellent comments by all … Continue reading

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Erasing Human Fear Response? New Study

It’s Coming! Just a heads up that I will be having a very special announcement in the next few days here on my blog. Until then, it will be top secret. For coaches/trainers or neuro freaks, I have an announcement … Continue reading

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More Brain Science and BAHG

More brain science! Wait, I thought this was a blog about athletic performance? I don’t care about all this brain mumbo jumbo you say? It is still all about athletic performance, but the future of advanced athletic performance is figuring out … Continue reading

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Testing Basic Assumptions in fMRI : Anticipatory haemodynamic signals in sensory cortex not predicted by local neuronal activity

What if the fMRI signal isn’t always linked to neuronal activity for those cool brain studies? What then? I’ve actually wondered about this for years since without that basic assumption, what are the studies telling us? Hmmmm. This one below was recently published … Continue reading

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Research Update: Effect of Cold Water Immersion on Post-exercise Parasympathetic Reactivation

New sports Science Blog Added I found a new blog entitled “Sports & Fitness Science: Blog on Sports Science and Fitness Science. Edited by Dr. Marco Cardinale, PhD” I added it to my blog list on the right. Great stuff … Continue reading

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Charles Staley Seminar: Dave Barr and Supplements

Alright! I am finally getting to type up some notes for all of you from Staley’s Seminar in AZ. I really appreciate your patience as I had some work on my study that I had to get done. The notes … Continue reading

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Myth Busters-Painful Soft Tissue Work

Q and A Time! You ask, I answer. Here is a very common question I get and thought I would address here. Any future questions you want answered, please post them in the comments section and I will add them … Continue reading

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Performance Research for July: Muscle Fatigue

Muscle Fatigue I’ve always been interested as to why a muscle fatigues? Is there something going at the muscle level its self, or is it modified via the brain as a way for the body to protect itself? Most likely … Continue reading

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Performance Research for July: Muscle Fatigue

Muscle Fatigue I’ve always been interested as to why a muscle fatigues? Is there something going at the muscle level its self, or is it modified via the brain as a way for the body to protect itself? Most likely a combination … Continue reading

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Stroke of Insight

The video below is the fascinating experience of a high level brain researcher describing her experience having a stroke. Aaron posted on his blog some interesting thoughts about the ability of the brain to relearn new task (neuroplasticity) even when some form … Continue reading

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