553 – How To Maximize The Last Reps in HIT Workouts, Polyvagal Theory, and Central Nervous System Effects on Strength Training (with Janaya Skye)

Clients hitting walls, losing focus, and quitting on the most meaningful reps too soon? Is it the clients’ fault or the trainer’s, without even realizing it?

Paradox Strength President Janaya Skye returns to the podcast to talk about something that many trainers don’t realize: if you ignore your central nervous system, you’re leaving a lot on the table.

We dive into how your CNS can affect your workouts and client sessions, what happens – and what to do – when your clients start tuning out instructions, why that happens, and some specific, real-life situations and how to approach them.

Make sure that you get those last, greatest reps in to really get the most out of your sessions — tune in to this one!

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Show Notes

• 00:41 – What is “range”?
• 04:02 – The genesis of “range”
• 07:25 – When nervous systems go awry during strength training sessions
• 09:57 – Polyvagal Theory
• 13:01 – When a client’s nervous system gets hijacked (so to speak)
• 18:10 – The different stages of “losing” a CNS in a session
• 21:57 – The reason why all of this matters for strength trainers
• 23:49 – Neuroception — a client’s CNS threat detection during a HIT session
• 27:49 – How this improves strength studio operations
• 30:55 – What’s the best way to implement all of this?
• 37:06 – A challenge: people who struggle with social cues
• 38:24 – Big misconceptions about the nervous system (and why use the label “Range”)
• 42:53 – Examples of how to approach some situations during sessions

Note: these are the timestamps for the audio edition. For the video edition’s timestamps, please see the YouTube description box for this episode.

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