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2:13– The Motor Cortex: How Your Brain Sends Signals to Your Muscles
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How the Body Builds Incredible Strength Without Getting Bigger
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- 1 0:00– Intro
- 2 0:57– Why Would You NOT Want to Gain Muscle? Explaining Relative Strength
- 3 1:34– What Is Muscular Strength?
- 4 2:13– The Motor Cortex: How Your Brain Sends Signals to Your Muscles
- 5 3:25– What is a Motor Unit?
- 6 3:59 - Motor Unit Recruitment & How This Relates to Strength
- 7 4:48 - Improved Motor Unit Recruitment & Synchronization = More Strength
- 8 6:41– Synaptic Connection: The Neuromuscular Junction & Its Role in Improved Strength
- 9 8:44– Inside of a Muscle Fiber: How a Muscle Fiber Actually Contracts—The Sarcomere
- 10 13:24– Changes Within the Sarcomere That Improve Strength
- 11 14:55– Another Strength Improvement: Slow and Fast-Twitch Muscle Fibers
- 12 15:26– Training Protocol: High Quality and High Intensity Sets
- 13 15:59– Training Protocol: Recruiting More Motor Units - Speed of the Lift
- 14 16:39– Rest/Recovery, Progression, and Deload
- 15 17:55 - Limitations of Improving Strength Without Size
