bluejeff
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I commonly see online that strength training can "drain the CNS," but I have also seen this debunked:
My question is less about "the CNS" and more about the effects on sympathetic/parasympathetic balance. I plan on looking into this as I can, and will definitely post any useful info I find. I do have focal dystonia in the right hand (which has been getting better through an unbelievable amount of work and patience) and have posted about it before; long story short my sympathetic nervous system is on a hair trigger and likes to get stuck "on."
I find that if I train intensely, even if just for one or two sessions, my nervous system feels "frazzled" for days following. The coordination in my hand is worse, my mood is worse, energy suffers a lot....etc. This is a bit frustrating because I would (ideally) like to do some actual hypertrophy training ("getting a pump with a heavy weight") but whenever I do it I suffer said consequences. I have gotten around this pretty well by doing something sort of close to "easy strength" (high frequency and low-moderate intensity), but even this, if not closely monitored, will backfire on me.
So I am asking for any info anyone might have about the effects of training on sympathetic/parasympathetic, or even just CNS function. Thanks all!
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You know how squats and deadlifts tire you out so much? Why it takes days to recover after a heavy squat or deadlift workout? How you have trouble sleeping after a heavy workout? Why compound and high intensity exercise are more fatiguing than isolation work and higher rep sets? That’s central...
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My question is less about "the CNS" and more about the effects on sympathetic/parasympathetic balance. I plan on looking into this as I can, and will definitely post any useful info I find. I do have focal dystonia in the right hand (which has been getting better through an unbelievable amount of work and patience) and have posted about it before; long story short my sympathetic nervous system is on a hair trigger and likes to get stuck "on."
I find that if I train intensely, even if just for one or two sessions, my nervous system feels "frazzled" for days following. The coordination in my hand is worse, my mood is worse, energy suffers a lot....etc. This is a bit frustrating because I would (ideally) like to do some actual hypertrophy training ("getting a pump with a heavy weight") but whenever I do it I suffer said consequences. I have gotten around this pretty well by doing something sort of close to "easy strength" (high frequency and low-moderate intensity), but even this, if not closely monitored, will backfire on me.
So I am asking for any info anyone might have about the effects of training on sympathetic/parasympathetic, or even just CNS function. Thanks all!