Neural adaptation to resistance training

SALE, D. G. Neural adaptation to resistance training. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc, Vol. 20, No. 5 (Supplement), pp. S135-S145, 1988. Strength performance depends not only on the quantity and quality of the involved muscles, but also upon the ability of the nervous system to appropriately activate the muscles. Strength training may cause adaptive changes within the nervous system that allow a trainee to more fully activate prime movers in specific...