Diagnosing Neurological Boredom vs Adrenaline Desensitization

You’ve mentioned that adrenaline desensitization can hinder performance and progress. Now this has happened to me, and tends to occur with stress and also if I use more caffeine, but I also benefit from changing exercises from time to time which can increase activation because it is novel and interesting and prevents boredom. So is there a way to tell if I am adrenaline desensitized from pushing too hard, or if I am neurologically bored, and aren’t these two things actually quite different?

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You get a boost from changing things around because the novelty increases neurological activation, most likely because of a dopamine release (which is why it can still get you amped up even when your beta-adrenergic receptors are desensitized. So it can mask the problem for a short while. But the problem is still there.

That’s why getting excited about a new program can be detrimental: it can mask the symptoms of fatigue and prevent you from using strategies to solve the issue.

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