CNS Intensive Training

Michael Boyle
  

• Introduction
• Genesis with friend getting big gains with athletes
• Intense central nervous system work -> imposing on strength gains
• Strength and conditioning for sport – keep adding different components to each workout until CNS intensive everyday
• Proposal – do all CNS work on two days only and give the athlete five days for CNS to recover
• Changing programs, walking away a changed individual
• Athletes response to letting CNS recover
• Pro sports success
• Common sense is sometimes not so common
• Plateaus in strength training gains re-explored
• Are we overwhelming our CNS?
• Basic advice – 75% of 100
• One day per week go 100%
• Load spine (with bar on back) 1 x per week
• Beginners do better with repetition, not necessarily true for elite
• Need appropriate progression
• Overwhelm can sneak up on you
• Everyone’s different
• How to train a group with one program?
• Basic things everyone needs to master
• Keep the categories of training the same
• Progress and change the specifics of the exercises depending on day and indidividual
• We do all the thinking -> you do all the lifting/training
• Planning – must have a script
• Human mind – path of least resistance machine
• Conclusion