Post by @nucerlifts

Doomscrolling can affect your ability to focus and leave you mentally fatigued. This study found that 30 minutes of social media use before lifting increased mental fatigue and reduced training volume-load (PMID: 34000894). When you’re distracted during your lift, it can be harder to give your best effort, which could make it harder to fully recruit high-threshold motor units. The less we give to anything in life, the less we get out of it. It’s the same concept as putting little effort into the gym. Try your best to stay off your phone while training. Timing your rest and switching a song are fine, but scrolling gives you all types of stimulation and can take your focus away from the lift. Hyping yourself up CAN be good, as it can raise adrenaline and motivation. The problem is that you can’t sustain it lift to lift. In life, you go through ups and downs, one day you feel amazing, the next horrible. So if your baseline becomes that hyped-up state, you will struggle to get back to it. That can make your performance less consistent and cause regression, even when you haven’t actually lost progress. Your head is connected to your spine, and keeping it controlled can help you stay stable during your lift. If you’re constantly throwing your head around, it can make it harder to maintain your position. Keep your head steady, and see how much more you can get out of your sets. DM me “READY” if you want programming built around you so you can get more out of your workouts.