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Finally, we’ll cover several common exam traps that can make otherwise straightforward anatomy questions confusing.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>242</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/752dfd669c7761449436bf4264c35f84.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Why Athletes Get Stronger: Neural Adaptations vs. Muscle Growth</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-athletes-get-stronger-neural-adaptations-vs-muscle-growth--75509457</link><description><![CDATA[Description: An athlete can become dramatically stronger before adding much measurable muscle—but how? This episode separates the neural adaptations that improve the nervous system’s ability to use existing muscle from the morphological adaptations that eventually increase the muscle’s size and force-producing potential. Understanding the difference will help you answer CSCS questions about motor-unit recruitment, rate coding, synchronization, hypertrophy, and the time course of resistance-training adaptations.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75509457</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 03:42:34 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/75509457/podcast_1790912316.mp3" length="3384633" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/9806566c-e851-40f3-87e3-a9fd30e78c9a/9806566c-e851-40f3-87e3-a9fd30e78c9a.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/9806566c-e851-40f3-87e3-a9fd30e78c9a/9806566c-e851-40f3-87e3-a9fd30e78c9a.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/9806566c-e851-40f3-87e3-a9fd30e78c9a/9806566c-e851-40f3-87e3-a9fd30e78c9a.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Circle Of Insight Productions</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Description: An athlete can become dramatically stronger before adding much measurable muscle—but how? 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You’ll also tackle two practice questions designed to test the kind of programming decisions a strength coach must make.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>214</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>and,athletes,biology,conditioning,cscs,exercise,fitness,physiology,science,sports,squats,strength</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/752dfd669c7761449436bf4264c35f84.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Three Energy Systems, One Athlete: Stop Thinking in Either-Or</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/three-energy-systems-one-athlete-stop-thinking-in-either-or--75282662</link><description><![CDATA[sprinter explodes for ten seconds, a soccer player repeats hard efforts for an entire match, and a distance runner races for miles—but all three rely on the same three energy systems. 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