(PhysOrg.com) -- The physiological theory that underpins all endurance training and coaching for the last 100 years has just been disproved.
As recently as 2008, scientific research papers were citing the theory that endurance performance is limited by the capacity of the skeletal muscles, heart and lungs and that exhaustion occurs when the active muscles are unable to produce the force or power required by prolonged exercise.
Dr Sam Marcora, an exercise physiologist at Bangor University, has now disproved this for the first time and proposed an alternative - that it is your perception of effort that limits your endurance performance, not the actual capability of your muscles. He showed that the muscles were still able to achieve the power output required by endurance exercise even when the point of perceived exhaustion had been reached.
The power of the mind can never be overlooked.
An individuals determination and "heart" has always been a major factor in sporting excellence.
Headlines like the "underdog wins!" can in someways be attributed to the power of the mind and the athletes perception of oneself, the situation and so on.
Now give me 10 more reps!!!!
Enjoy and Be Well,
