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@shaman

Primary, sure, but when we are talking about a few hundreths being the difference between being on the Olympic team or not even making the final, it’s just that I feel it is important to look at a variety of factors. A lot of people tend to look towards one direction without regard for another. I definitely agree that studies can be misconstrued because of how researchers or even just the readers want things to be, but the same would go for dismissing it. Has to be a fine balance.

The one thing that I don’t quite understand is the somewhat vague explanation you and Jamirock are giving for electrical. I agree that general signals are electrical, sure, but that doesn’t really give us that much of a look of what to DO to enhance the performance and recovery processes.

I refer to human in general,with no specific performance clue.
Would you agree that a better functioning human would also be a better sprinter,hence having more chances to make the finals you talk about?
You ask about what to do.Just start looking at the human before looking at the performance,and start improving human functioning,regardless of performace goals.
Performance will naturally follow as the result of a better functioning system as a whole.