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I have found heavy powerlifting negatively affects my concentration. The exhaustion in my muscles afterwards I’ve always found very distracting

vouaobrasil 4y ago
It is not just that, but it's also because you have to apply a surprising amount of mental concentration in power lifting. Basically, you have to be hyper-aware of your entire form while you are lifting. From my experience that takes as much concentration as working on a hard mental problem.
etothepii 4y ago
In the articles hypothesis were correct this might not be a surprise, building a weight lifting robot would likely be much easier than one that could traverse complex terrain at even 4 mph.
- hattmall 4y ago
  Sure, you could build a weight lifting robot just by increasing it's raw mechanical ability. But to build one that's made of hundreds of strings only capable of individually lifting a single pound and coordinating them around multiple axes to lift hundreds of pounds would be much more difficult. But there's really no reason to do that since you can just increase the raw mechanics.
- datameta 4y ago
  A dedicated weight-lifting robot could have far fewer degrees of movement. It could essentially be a couple of pistons at a camber with one more powered axis for balance.
nanomonkey 4y ago
You may want to play around with not working out to exhaustion. There is a whole set of routines built around just depleting your ATP, triggering mTOR, and not damaging muscle tissue or creating lactic acid build up. The Quick and the Dead book by Pavel Tsatsouline is one such routine, it uses 10 sets of 10 push-ups and 10 sets of 10 kettlebell swings with resting in between (30 minutes total, 3 times a week). I've found it to be quite effective, there are other options out there. The key is that they don't deplete you, and you can go on to do things the rest of your day without soreness or inability to walk down stairs. YMMV.
wellthisisgreat 4y ago
it's the day after a 9-10 RPE session that has the focus for me. or the calming effect of exhaustion so I can tackle intense managerial problems without an emotional overhead.

vouaobrasil 4y ago

It is not just that, but it's also because you have to apply a surprising amount of mental concentration in power lifting. Basically, you have to be hyper-aware of your entire form while you are lifting. From my experience that takes as much concentration as working on a hard mental problem.

etothepii 4y ago

In the articles hypothesis were correct this might not be a surprise, building a weight lifting robot would likely be much easier than one that could traverse complex terrain at even 4 mph.

hattmall 4y ago
Sure, you could build a weight lifting robot just by increasing it's raw mechanical ability. But to build one that's made of hundreds of strings only capable of individually lifting a single pound and coordinating them around multiple axes to lift hundreds of pounds would be much more difficult. But there's really no reason to do that since you can just increase the raw mechanics.
datameta 4y ago
A dedicated weight-lifting robot could have far fewer degrees of movement. It could essentially be a couple of pistons at a camber with one more powered axis for balance.

nanomonkey 4y ago

You may want to play around with not working out to exhaustion. There is a whole set of routines built around just depleting your ATP, triggering mTOR, and not damaging muscle tissue or creating lactic acid build up. The Quick and the Dead book by Pavel Tsatsouline is one such routine, it uses 10 sets of 10 push-ups and 10 sets of 10 kettlebell swings with resting in between (30 minutes total, 3 times a week). I've found it to be quite effective, there are other options out there. The key is that they don't deplete you, and you can go on to do things the rest of your day without soreness or inability to walk down stairs. YMMV.

wellthisisgreat 4y ago

it's the day after a 9-10 RPE session that has the focus for me. or the calming effect of exhaustion so I can tackle intense managerial problems without an emotional overhead.