Duncans Donuts

I love dialogue like this. Civil debate is always fun and enlightening and encourages people (me paticularly) to research and inform themselves further. The reason I left this forum for so long was because discussions like this were becoming less common and personal attacks were becoming popular. It's good to see a topic like this come up. Thanks for the informative discussion everyone.

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slip

Very true, so many internet warriors around.

One day, when I am wrong, I will enjoy it as I'll learn something. Can't be far off now.

CowPimp

I don't know if I agree with you there. There aren't an infinite number of neural pathways. A huge, maybe even largely unfathomable number, perhaps, but not infinite. Therefore, some skills are going to use at least some of the same motor programs.

I don't think there is an all or none transference of training effects. That is, sometimes a fraction of the gains accumulated in one activity can be transferred to another activity based on the muscles used, the motor programs used, the various biomotor abilities necessary to perform the activity, the center of gravity that one holds throughout the movement, etc.

I can tell you right now there is some transference of effects from experience, even if we're only talking general neural adaptations. For example, I was briefly training a friend of mine for two weeks who is a competitive dancer. She had some pretty serious movement dysfunction, though she was very good at compensating. Beyond trying to correct these things, I tried to get her stronger with things like squats, overhead pressing, etc. She told me that not only did she feel more in control, stronger (Holding her partner or herself in various positions), and confident on the dance floor, but those who practiced with her actually complimented her on drastic improvements in technique during the few months she trained with me.

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