#109: How to train your nervous system

We train our muscles and our cardiovascular system. We can also train the network that we don't see: our nervous system.

In this episode, Shannon focused on the autonomic nervous system. She talks about sympathetic and parasympathetic activation and how each influences your fitness results. She provides tangible tools and takeaways to start training your nervous system more effectively.

0:00: Intro

3:16 Breaking down the different parts of the nervous system

6:27 How your nervous system heals your body post-exercise

11:27How does the act of exercising affect your autonomic nervous system?

13:05How to know whether your workout activated your parasympathetic nervous system or your sympathetic nervous system

15:00How the nervous system is activated with strength training

17:25Is stimulating your sympathetic nervous system necessary to see results?

22:00How to know if you’re in a chronic state of sympathetic nervous activation

22:45What to do if you identify you’re in a chronic sympathetic state

25:20How to assess if you aren’t recovering

28:37How to train you autonomic nervous system

29:31How to train your nervous system in your warm-ups

34:35How to train your nervous system in your cool-downs

38:57Summary

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