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		<title>Muscle Interaction and Reciprocal Inhibition Part 2 by Mel Siff</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here continues the information on reciprocal inhibition and muscle
interaction from Basmajian (&#8220;Muscles Alive&#8221;).
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PART 2
Silent Period and Reciprocal Inhibition
The &#8220;silent period&#8221; of muscle is the period of cessation of activity which
occurs when a twitch contraction is superimposed on a voluntary effort (e.g.,
electrically or by a tendon tap). Its normal range (in adductor pollicis) is
87 to 151 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.melsiff.com/12306/muscle-interaction-and-reciprocal-inhibition-part-2-by-mel-siff/</link>
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		<title>Muscle Interaction and Reciprocal Inhibition Part 1 by Mel Siff</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Because of a recent request for more information on the nature of reciprocal
inhibition and what it means for training, I am posting some thorough details
on this topic from Basmajian (Muscles Alive) in a series of two articles:
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PART 1
Coordination, Antagonists and Synergy
One often sees the owlish statement that the brain does not order a muscle to
contract [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.melsiff.com/12309/muscle-interaction-and-reciprocal-inhibition-part-1-by-mel-siff/</link>
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		<title>Specificity and Neural Confusion by Mel Siff</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The issue of neuromuscular confusion being caused by training with exercises
that supposedly are not specific enough to assist in enhancing one&#8217;s
abilities in another movement or sport often comes up, as we have noted in
some of our recent discussions on the strengths and weaknesses of lifting
exercises and &#8220;functional&#8221; training.
Science indeed has shown that each part of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.melsiff.com/12180/specificity-and-neural-confusion-by-mel-siff/</link>
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		<title>Mel Siff Discusses Periodising Psychological Skills</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One member of the Supertraining Yahoo group asked Mel Siff;
&#60;I am currently writing a research paper and am wondering if anyone has any
literature or references regarding the periodization of mental skills
training (psychological skills periodization). Any input would be greatly
appreciated.
*** In writing any research paper, it is vital to introduce the study by
providing some of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.melsiff.com/12126/mel-siff-discusses-periodising-psychological-skills/</link>
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		<title>Strength and Neural Drive &#8211; Part 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[EMG:
Previous investigations have reported training-induced increases in EMG
amplitude after concentric isokinetic training. The results of the present
study and those of Komi and Buskirk, however, indicated that concentric
isokinetic strength training did not result in significantly greater EMG
amplitude values. The reason for the discrepancies between the results of the
present investigation and those of others examining EMG responses [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.melsiff.com/2183/strength-and-neural-drive-part-2/</link>
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		<title>Strength and Neural Drive &#8211; Part 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some time ago I mentioned that increase in muscle force or strength is not
necessarily accompanied by an increase in neural drive or the electrical
activity of the relevant muscles as measured by the EMG. This topic was
addressed in the article below.
This issue is of central importance in all strength training, because
increase in strength classically is recognised [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.melsiff.com/2181/strength-and-neural-drive-part-1/</link>
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		<title>Mel Siff on The Brain and Skill Specificity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The issue of specificity in sports training arises very frequently and is
central to the idea of &#8220;sport specific&#8221; or &#8220;functional&#8221; training. In all
discussions on these topics it is assumed that any improvement in a given
ability has to be the result of training with that same activity or one which
is at least very similar. Is this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.melsiff.com/2173/mel-siff-on-the-brain-and-skill-specificity/</link>
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		<title>Ballistics and Language Devlopment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some of you may have noticed this section in my book, &#8220;Supertraining&#8221; (2000,
p282)
&#8220;The importance of ballistic activity to humankind recently has been shown to
extend far beyond the realms of
sport. Neurophysiologist, William Calvin, has proposed the fascinating
hypothesis that the brain&#8217;s planning of
ballistic movements may have played a major role in the development of
language, music and intelligence [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.melsiff.com/2171/ballistics-and-language-devlopment/</link>
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		<title>Breeding Brilliant Babies &#8211; Part 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is Part 2 of a two part critique of intelligence training for babies and a greaer discussion on science and neuroscience &#8211; vintage Mel Siff from his Supertraining Group which can be found at
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Supertraining/
THE NEUROSCIENTIFIC CLAIMS
Among other things, Doman encourages parents to flick the lights off an on
after changing their infant&#8217;s diaper; to play [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.melsiff.com/1516/breeding-brilliant-babies-part-2/</link>
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		<title>Breeding Brilliant Babies &#8211; Part 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is Part 1 of a two part critique of intelligence training for babies and a greaer discussion on science and neuroscience &#8211; vintage Mel Siff from his Supertraining Group which can be found at
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Supertraining/
Some of you may have heard about Glenn Doman&#8217;s program intended to produce
child prodigies by means of what he and his [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.melsiff.com/1513/breeding-brilliant-babies-part-1/</link>
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