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Stuart McGill

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
897 total appearances

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Huberman Lab
Dr. Stuart McGill: Build a Strong, Pain-Proof Back

And then we measure, well, when they impact the ball, if they have 100% violent lateral crunch, and then we measure them and assess them, and that turns out to be their pain trigger, what we do is we don't allow them to go to 100% in lateral crunch at impact. They go to 95%. And that just moved them off the tipping point. So they're not stubbing their toe or slamming into... the pain sensitizer.

Huberman Lab
Dr. Stuart McGill: Build a Strong, Pain-Proof Back

And then we measure, well, when they impact the ball, if they have 100% violent lateral crunch, and then we measure them and assess them, and that turns out to be their pain trigger, what we do is we don't allow them to go to 100% in lateral crunch at impact. They go to 95%. And that just moved them off the tipping point. So they're not stubbing their toe or slamming into... the pain sensitizer.

Huberman Lab
Dr. Stuart McGill: Build a Strong, Pain-Proof Back

And then we measure, well, when they impact the ball, if they have 100% violent lateral crunch, and then we measure them and assess them, and that turns out to be their pain trigger, what we do is we don't allow them to go to 100% in lateral crunch at impact. They go to 95%. And that just moved them off the tipping point. So they're not stubbing their toe or slamming into... the pain sensitizer.

Huberman Lab
Dr. Stuart McGill: Build a Strong, Pain-Proof Back

Just stay off the desensitizer now.

Huberman Lab
Dr. Stuart McGill: Build a Strong, Pain-Proof Back

Just stay off the desensitizer now.

Huberman Lab
Dr. Stuart McGill: Build a Strong, Pain-Proof Back

Just stay off the desensitizer now.

Huberman Lab
Dr. Stuart McGill: Build a Strong, Pain-Proof Back

It all comes back to the assessment.

Huberman Lab
Dr. Stuart McGill: Build a Strong, Pain-Proof Back

It all comes back to the assessment.

Huberman Lab
Dr. Stuart McGill: Build a Strong, Pain-Proof Back

It all comes back to the assessment.

Huberman Lab
Dr. Stuart McGill: Build a Strong, Pain-Proof Back

If I can just add one, I don't want to interrupt, but this is a good juncture, Andrew. Then we get into the volume of exposure. So remember the tipping point. We can have somewhat of an offense to their former pain, but if we do it sparingly... That's another key.

Huberman Lab
Dr. Stuart McGill: Build a Strong, Pain-Proof Back

If I can just add one, I don't want to interrupt, but this is a good juncture, Andrew. Then we get into the volume of exposure. So remember the tipping point. We can have somewhat of an offense to their former pain, but if we do it sparingly... That's another key.

Huberman Lab
Dr. Stuart McGill: Build a Strong, Pain-Proof Back

If I can just add one, I don't want to interrupt, but this is a good juncture, Andrew. Then we get into the volume of exposure. So remember the tipping point. We can have somewhat of an offense to their former pain, but if we do it sparingly... That's another key.

Huberman Lab
Dr. Stuart McGill: Build a Strong, Pain-Proof Back

So it isn't a matter of selecting the exercise sometimes as much as it is controlling the volume and then having a period of time off or a deload or whatnot. So it may simply be, I've got an athlete that comes to mind right now. In fact, I got an email. It wasn't an email. It was a WhatsApp message. Oh, I just won. Sorry. She's at an international tournament today and they play every day.

Huberman Lab
Dr. Stuart McGill: Build a Strong, Pain-Proof Back

So it isn't a matter of selecting the exercise sometimes as much as it is controlling the volume and then having a period of time off or a deload or whatnot. So it may simply be, I've got an athlete that comes to mind right now. In fact, I got an email. It wasn't an email. It was a WhatsApp message. Oh, I just won. Sorry. She's at an international tournament today and they play every day.

Huberman Lab
Dr. Stuart McGill: Build a Strong, Pain-Proof Back

So it isn't a matter of selecting the exercise sometimes as much as it is controlling the volume and then having a period of time off or a deload or whatnot. So it may simply be, I've got an athlete that comes to mind right now. In fact, I got an email. It wasn't an email. It was a WhatsApp message. Oh, I just won. Sorry. She's at an international tournament today and they play every day.

Huberman Lab
Dr. Stuart McGill: Build a Strong, Pain-Proof Back

But in getting her back, it was a matter of we have to do these things that were former pain triggers, but control the volume. you can think of, again, combat athletes. Jiu-jitsu requires a lot of spine mobility. And typically, jiu-jitsu athletes get pain when they use too much spine mobility. What we do is we limit their training.

Huberman Lab
Dr. Stuart McGill: Build a Strong, Pain-Proof Back

But in getting her back, it was a matter of we have to do these things that were former pain triggers, but control the volume. you can think of, again, combat athletes. Jiu-jitsu requires a lot of spine mobility. And typically, jiu-jitsu athletes get pain when they use too much spine mobility. What we do is we limit their training.

Huberman Lab
Dr. Stuart McGill: Build a Strong, Pain-Proof Back

But in getting her back, it was a matter of we have to do these things that were former pain triggers, but control the volume. you can think of, again, combat athletes. Jiu-jitsu requires a lot of spine mobility. And typically, jiu-jitsu athletes get pain when they use too much spine mobility. What we do is we limit their training.

Huberman Lab
Dr. Stuart McGill: Build a Strong, Pain-Proof Back

In other words, they have the skill of jiu-jitsu, but they don't need to push the end range every day. Because if they do... They're in so much pain, they can't train. So we back off the volume. And I could tell you stories about professional football players. They were their strongest when they were in college. Their bodies can't take the heavy strength training once they get into the NFL.

Huberman Lab
Dr. Stuart McGill: Build a Strong, Pain-Proof Back

In other words, they have the skill of jiu-jitsu, but they don't need to push the end range every day. Because if they do... They're in so much pain, they can't train. So we back off the volume. And I could tell you stories about professional football players. They were their strongest when they were in college. Their bodies can't take the heavy strength training once they get into the NFL.