Andrew Huberman· PhD
at least for withholding action in order to get better at a skill a combination of physical training and mental training is going to be best
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at least for withholding action in order to get better at a skill a combination of physical training and mental training is going to be best
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in the case of this study which is exploring the withholding of inappropriate behaviors the combination of mental training and physical training outperformed either physical or mental training alone
if you're finding that you're screwing up something not because you can't initiate that particular motor Behavior but you're doing the wrong thing at the wrong time you're not able to withhold a particular action well then in that case mental training in combination with physical training becomes especially important so for you coaches for you students out there keep that in mind when trying to learn how to withhold particular action sequences because they're not serving you well in the real world using a combination of real world training and physical training is actually better for you on an hour per hour basis than is physical training alone