Para Sympathetic Down Regulation After Training

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Sports teams are starting to incorporate a what's called a para sympathetic down regulation after training of any kind. That, it seems, can accelerate recovery and allow you to get back into other types of work more quickly. Think costillo, channel your inner costillo and just mellow out for five to 20 minutes before moving on with the rest of your day.

This episode I discuss endurance: our ability to perform effort over extended amounts of time. I describe the four kinds of endurance: muscular endurance, long duration (single-set) efforts, and the two kinds of high intensity interval training (HIIT). I discuss efficiency of effort and maximizing quality of effort, and a hydration formula. I review how our heart literally gets stronger when we oxygenate muscles properly. I also discuss motivation for long bouts of work and the visual physiological basis of the "extra gear" we all can leverage for effort. Finally, I review how accelerating as we fatigue can allow us to access untapped energetic resources.

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