BRAIN GAINS

This page is the nerve center for coaches and athletes who want to improve their understanding of training, nutrition, physiology, and athlete development. If you’re just getting started, you can quickly grow your knowledge base and advance your understanding. If you’ve done this for decades, or have advanced degrees, we provide links to the underlying scientific research, so you can go deep into the details.  Everyone will find something to use in their next training session.

ARTICLES

Energy Systems in Depth

Muscle Fibers in Depth

How Fatigue Harms Motor Learning

Optimizing Carbohydrate Intake to Maximize Glycogen Availability

Rate of Force Development: Physiological and Methodological Considerations

Consolidation of Human Skill Linked to Walking Hippo-Campo-Neocortical Replay

Cellular Metabolic Homeostasis During Large-Scale Change in ATP Turnover Rates in Muscle

Evidence for Muscle Cell-Based Mechanisms of Enhanced Performance in Stretch-Shortening Cycle in Skeletal Muscle

Role of the Phosphocreatine System in Cellular Energetic Homeostasis