Philosophy of Nerve Power

Nerve power is something the old time strongmen talked about a great deal. When they
said it they really meant the same thing as many of the eastern philosophies mean when
they talk about “Chi.” It is a combination of the actual nerves that run through your
muscles and make things happen when your mind tells the body to move and the subtle
electrical current that flows around the whole body that actually makes those nerves
function. Isometrics are proven to be one of the greatest ways to turn your nerves on or
bring them up to their highest potential and therefore bring your muscle’s ability to
contract up to its greatest strength.
My thinking on nerve power is that building your nerve power or endurance is the true
secret of really getting to be a super athlete. When you train you not only build your body
strength, your tendons, ligaments and muscles, but also your nerve power. So when you’re
trained all around from all angles you train your nerves and all their crossing routes and
the more angles you train the more developed your nerve highways will be and the better
your endurance will be all around.
Because the truth is if you exhaust one little nerve to failure it can virtually tire your whole
body out. I believe the more nerves you bring in to play in training the better overall
health you’ll have and the better your energy will flow from one part of your body to
another and the more coordinated you’ll be and the more stamina you’ll have.
In my opinion the better you train your nerves the faster your body recuperates and the
less sleep you actually need.