Will Power Is the Ability to Devote Resources to Things

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When we think about something hard, when we ruminate on an idea or on a decision, we are burning neural energy. And neural energy is glucose and epenefron and all the things we talked about before. So will power, in part, is the ability to devote resources to things. And part of that is making decisions to just either do it or not do it. I'm not of the just do it mind set. I think there's a right time and a place train.

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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