Does Local Exercise Induced Fatigue Transfer?

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A couple weeks back Charlie McMillin sent out a tweet containing the following study:

Isolated Exercise:  Does Local Exercise Induced Fatigue Transfer?


As you can see from reading this study, what was found was that fatiguing a specific muscle group led to a decreased ability to perform a more complex task involving multiple groups of muscles.

The application of this study?  Understanding the importance of strengthening the pieces in order to better the whole.  Understanding that complex movements are nothing more than isolated movements pieced together and by improving the isolated movements the complex movements can be improved.  Understanding that a deficiency in a single group of muscles negatively affects the completion of a task that requires the use of those muscles.

This speaks to the importance of a modality such as Muscle Activation Techniques™ that focuses on improving the pieces as well as a mindset discussed in the Resistance Training Specialist™ program where the whole is seen as a sum of individual parts and by improving the latter the former will improve as a result.

It also brings to question the thought that in order to improve the whole, the body must be challenged as a whole and any deficiencies will simply catch up to the rest along the way.

What pieces do you need to improve in order to improve your whole?

Your body.  Your training.

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