The Integra Blog

Another great blog post from Todd Hargrove:

‎”Put these findings all together and a simple picture merges. When the brain receives information from the body indicating that a particular form of exertion is a threat, it decides to shut the activity down. It is surprising to me that such a common sense idea takes so long to gain acceptance, and is ignored all too often.

…Threat not only causes pain, it limits performance. If you want to increase performance, work to reduce threat.

This is why the “no pain no gain” mentality of exercise is so counterproductive, and why giving the brain “good news” about the body should be a primary training strategy.”