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What is Reaction Time?
How fast you respond to a stimulus.
In context
Reaction Time is a key concept in sports performance. How fast you respond to a stimulus. Knowing what it means — and how it connects to the rest of your training — turns it from jargon into something you can actually use in the gym.
Nishaana is built around ideas like this: it tracks the numbers behind them automatically, so the theory shows up as real progress in your logbook rather than staying abstract.
Related sports performance terms
Common questions.
What does reaction time mean?
How fast you respond to a stimulus.
What category does reaction time belong to?
Reaction Time is a term from sports performance in strength and fitness training. Browse more sports performance terms in the Nishaana glossary.
Why does reaction time matter for training?
Understanding reaction time helps you train and program more deliberately — it is one of the ideas that separates guessing from a real, repeatable system.
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