Send us a textMany studies have induced mental fatigue to see if it affects physical performance. They have everybody perform the test under normal conditions. Then they wait a couple days. Then they take one group, and have them perform 30-60 minutes of mentally fatiguing tasks right before the retest. The other group watches a documentary. Here are the tests that mental fatigue is likely to make you worse at:Endurance (e.g. cycling at 80% intensity to exhaustion, 30 minute TT)Muscle Endurance (e.g. repeating 50% 1RM to failure)Strength-Endurance Battery (e.g. repeated near-maximal sprints or jumps)Skill (e.g. soccer, basketball, and table tennis) Tests it is much less likely to affect:Anaerobic (30s all out, one time)Strength (maximal voluntary contraction)Power (sprinting, countermovement jump)Resources:Effects of Mental Fatigue on Strength Endurance: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysishttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36509089/Mental Fatigue and Sport-Specific Psychomotor Performance: A Systematic Reviewhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33710524/Effects of Prior Cognitive Exertion on Physical Performance: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysishttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31873926/ How to Tackle Mental Fatigue: A Systematic Review of Potential Countermeasures and Their Underlying Mechanismshttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35543922/Mental fatigue impairs physical performance in humanshttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19131473/The Effects of Mental Fatigue on Physical Performance: A Systematic Reviewhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28044281/Endurance exercise-induced and mental fatigue and the brainhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32176398/Mental Fatigue Impairs Endurance Performance: A Physiological Explanationhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29923147/Mental fatigue impairs physical performance but not the neural drive to the muscle: a preliminary analysishttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36988671/Mental fatigue impairs time trial performance in sub-elite under 23 cyclistshttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31206523/Interindividual Variability in Mental Fatigue-Related Impairments in Endurance Performance: A Systematic Review and Multiple Meta-regressionhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36808018/The effects of mental fatigue on sport-related performancehttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30390836/Mental fatigue impairs repeated sprint and jump performance in team sport athleteshttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37957039/Perceived Exertion: Revisiting the History and Updating the Neurophysiology and the Practical Applicationshttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36361320/

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