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Neural Drive Maximization

Meaning

Neural Drive Maximization is the clinical and training objective of substantially increasing the efferent signal, or electrical command, transmitted from the central nervous system to the skeletal muscle motor units during a maximal voluntary contraction. The goal is to recruit a greater total number of motor units and increase their firing rate, thereby enhancing the muscle’s capacity for force production. This is a primary, early neurological adaptation to resistance training that significantly precedes structural changes in muscle size.