The ‘mind-muscle connection’. Ancient lore for bodybuilders, latest buzz for Instragram fitness followers.
Focusing one’s attention on a particular muscle when lifting promotes its activation - and by extension, its development. So it goes. But when the goal is muscle performance rather than growth alone, does this long-held notion still carry any weight?
Published in Frontiers in Sports and Active Living , new analysis suggests that to lift heavier, or longer, it is better to focus on moving the weight itself - not your muscles.
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