What everybody gets wrong about CNS fatigue

You’ve probably heard people say you should be cautious with deadlifts and heavy sets of 1-5 reps,
because these things will fry your central nervous system or CNS and affect your whole body. Central
fatigue is often feared and associated with overtraining. You may have also heard that deload weeks are necessary sometimes to let the CNS recover. All of the above is based on a completely misguided understanding of what central and CNS fatigue are. Let’s look at the facts.

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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:23 CNS fatigue is not central in nature
03:49 What does cause central fatigue?
04:44 Does it even exist?
06:51 Summary

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