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We’re back with MASScast episode 2 and we’re joined by Dr. Mike Zourdos to discuss several things which can impact your strength performance right now. In this episode we discuss the effect of mental stress on lifting performance, the effect of social media use on lifting performance, and post-activation potentiation, which is a tool where you can potentiate your back off sets’ performance with a heavy top set. What constitutes mental stress? How do you minimise the negative effects of mental stress when it can’t be avoided? What type of social media usage might be a bad idea before training? How can you set up your top sets in such a way to improve your volume performance in back off sets the most? Join us as we answer all these questions!
00:00 Welcoming back Dr Mike Zourdos to the Iron Culture and reviewing reviews.
08:24 What is mental fatigue, and how is it measured?
Iron Culture Ep. 135- Lifting For Endurance Athletes youtube.com/watch?v=YjOMuzSc1PM
Gantois 2021 Mental Fatigue From Smartphone Use Reduces Volume-Load in Resistance Training: A Randomized, Single-Blinded Cross-Over Study pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34000894
de Queiros 2021 Mental Fatigue Reduces Training Volume in Resistance Exercise: A Cross-Over and Randomized Study pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32962539
17:51 The Stroop test vs. real world demands
29:40 How much mental fatigue is required to impair performance?
Fortes 2022 Effects of social media on smartphone use before and during velocity-based resistance exercise on cognitive interference control and physiological measures in trained adults pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33372542
Cook 2012 Changes in salivary testosterone concentrations and subsequent voluntary squat performance following the presentation of short video clips pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21983238
Iron Culture Ep. 4- Periodization & Autoregulation Roundtable youtube.com/watch?v=RIVw1OxvZUA
Dallaway 2022 How am I doing? Performance feedback mitigates the effects of mental fatigue on endurance exercise performance sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1469029222000784
50:04 Dissipating mental fatigue and maximal strength performance
Smith 2019 Comparing the Effects of Three Cognitive Tasks on Indicators of Mental Fatigue pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31188721
Alix-Fages 2023 Mental Fatigue From Smartphone Use or Stroop Task Does Not Affect Bench Press Force-Velocity Profile, One-Repetition Maximum, or Vertical Jump Performance pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37024109
Russell 2019 The application of mental fatigue research to elite team sport performance: New perspectives pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30606625
Bartholomew 2008 Strength gains after resistance training: the effect of stressful, negative life events pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18545186
1:10:20 What is post-activation potentiation (PAP)? And applications for Powerlifting
de Freitas 2021 Postactivation Potentiation Improves Acute Resistance Exercise Performance and Muscular Force in Trained Men pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30507733
Alves 2021 Postactivation Potentiation Improves Performance in a Resistance Training Session in Trained Men pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31567790
1:32:13 Incorporating heavy singles and PAP for improving performance.
1:38:04 Closing out and what is to come on Iron Culture
Monthly Applications in Strength Sport massresearchreview.com
For more MASS science-based content check out massresearchreview.com (en español revistamass.com/)
We’re back with MASScast episode 2 and we’re joined by Dr. Mike Zourdos to discuss several things which can impact your strength performance right now. In this episode we discuss the effect of mental stress on lifting performance, the effect of social media use on lifting performance, and post-activation potentiation, which is a tool where you can potentiate your back off sets’ performance with a heavy top set. What constitutes mental stress? How do you minimise the negative effects of mental stress when it can’t be avoided? What type of social media usage might be a bad idea before training? How can you set up your top sets in such a way to improve your volume performance in back off sets the most? Join us as we answer all these questions!
00:00 Welcoming back Dr Mike Zourdos to the Iron Culture and reviewing reviews.
08:24 What is mental fatigue, and how is it measured?
Iron Culture Ep. 135- Lifting For Endurance Athletes youtube.com/watch?v=YjOMuzSc1PM
Gantois 2021 Mental Fatigue From Smartphone Use Reduces Volume-Load in Resistance Training: A Randomized, Single-Blinded Cross-Over Study pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34000894
de Queiros 2021 Mental Fatigue Reduces Training Volume in Resistance Exercise: A Cross-Over and Randomized Study pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32962539
17:51 The Stroop test vs. real world demands
29:40 How much mental fatigue is required to impair performance?
Fortes 2022 Effects of social media on smartphone use before and during velocity-based resistance exercise on cognitive interference control and physiological measures in trained adults pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33372542
Cook 2012 Changes in salivary testosterone concentrations and subsequent voluntary squat performance following the presentation of short video clips pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21983238
Iron Culture Ep. 4- Periodization & Autoregulation Roundtable youtube.com/watch?v=RIVw1OxvZUA
Dallaway 2022 How am I doing? Performance feedback mitigates the effects of mental fatigue on endurance exercise performance sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1469029222000784
50:04 Dissipating mental fatigue and maximal strength performance
Smith 2019 Comparing the Effects of Three Cognitive Tasks on Indicators of Mental Fatigue pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31188721
Alix-Fages 2023 Mental Fatigue From Smartphone Use or Stroop Task Does Not Affect Bench Press Force-Velocity Profile, One-Repetition Maximum, or Vertical Jump Performance pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37024109
Russell 2019 The application of mental fatigue research to elite team sport performance: New perspectives pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30606625
Bartholomew 2008 Strength gains after resistance training: the effect of stressful, negative life events pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18545186
1:10:20 What is post-activation potentiation (PAP)? And applications for Powerlifting
de Freitas 2021 Postactivation Potentiation Improves Acute Resistance Exercise Performance and Muscular Force in Trained Men pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30507733
Alves 2021 Postactivation Potentiation Improves Performance in a Resistance Training Session in Trained Men pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31567790
1:32:13 Incorporating heavy singles and PAP for improving performance.
1:38:04 Closing out and what is to come on Iron Culture
Monthly Applications in Strength Sport massresearchreview.com
