Study says elite endurance athletes are more resilient to mental fatigue

Study says elite endurance athletes are more resilient to mental fatigue
Elite endurance athletes have superior ability to resist mental fatigue, revealed a new study.

‘The two effects go hand in hand, because becoming resistant to mental fatigue should bolster willpower during the latter stages of a competition such as the Tour de France,’ said Samuele Marcora, Professor, Kent’s School of Sport and Exercise Sciences in the study published in journal PLOS ONE . Although largely hereditary, the researchers speculate that superior willpower and resistance to mental fatigue may be trained through hard physical training and demanding the lifestyle of an elite endurance athlete. (Read: Young female athletes more likely to injure repaired knee ligament)

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