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Didn't some recent research show that merely visualising exercise had measurable physical benefits?

• spydum 8y ago
  If I recall it was about weight lifting and mentally visualizing the lifts in tandem with actual exercise. Pretty sure just thinking by itself did nothing. So, it was three way comparison (lifting alone, visualizing plus lifting, and just visualizing). Edit: this is not that study but, along the same lines .. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14998709/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14998709/ pretty tiny sample though
  • lihaciudaniel 8y ago
    Yes great productive things to do when resting, visualizing the movement. There also was a great book about this which is oriented more to athletic skills. https://youtu.be/nslkvLsupJU https://youtu.be/nslkvLsupJU
  • fjsolwmv 8y ago
    In general, visualization improves performance of ant activity.
• watwut 8y ago
  The benefit is supposed to be that your technique will be better. Your muscles won't become stronger unless you exercise them.
  • corin_ 8y ago
    There is actually some reason to believe that imagining can increase the strength, for example this study: https://web.archive.org/web/20170814100324/http://jn.physiology.org/content/67/5/1114 https://web.archive.org/web/20170814100324/http://jn.physiol...