Bayesian Bodybuilding - 3 CNS Fatigue Myths - Article + Science

[DutchTeamUltra]

Hi all,

I personally found this article, by Baysian Bodybuilding's own Menno Henselmans, very insightful.
So, I thought you might want to read this article as well!

Link:
https://bayesianbodybuilding.com/cns-fatigue/

Summary:

Myth 1: The higher the exercise intensity, the more CNS fatigue you induce
Myth 2: The more compounded the exercise, the more CNS fatigue it causes
Myth 3: CNS fatigue takes longer to recover from than muscular fatigue

[DutchTeamUltra]

Bumping for the masses.

[zGwild]

science/10

good info

[SuffolkPunch]

Yes, it's been posted. I was very pleased to see this article because I always suspected that "CNS fatigue" was nonsense. I could not relate it to my own training at all except in the very acute sense where sometimes failing hard in one lift would also affect an unrelated lift - but only for the duration of that session.

[DutchTeamUltra]

Yes, it's been posted. I was very pleased to see this article because I always suspected that "CNS fatigue" was nonsense. I could not relate it to my own training at all except in the very acute sense where sometimes failing hard in one lift would also affect an unrelated lift - but only for the duration of that session.

Ah really? My bad!

But, same here. I'm a huge proponent of failure training (for hypertrophy that is) because I believe it really "foolproofs" training.
A lot of people misjudge their "RPE" so to speak, and if I'm having a bad day, I'll will admit that I do it too.
Note: High volume + failure is not my cup of tea, I personally like low volume but high intensity work.

Missing a lift affecting an unrelated lift would be more "general tiredness" if you ask me.
You put a lot of energy into trying to get lift 1, so you'd automatically have less energy for lift 2/