Fast twitch muscles? please help

shainesboostin · 09-15-2008, 09:25 PM

I need to know what the difference is in the two types of muscle fibers.

I need to train my FAST twitch fibers according to my training partner but i dont know how to train the fast vs slow. Please help me understand.

***CYCLEON*** · 09-16-2008, 11:51 AM

Basically the difference is between explosive heavy power movements (fast twitch) and less weight endurance excercises (slow twitch). The easiest way to visualize it is the difference between the physique of an olympic sprinter and a champion marathon runner. Consider how they would train. One is for explosive speed over a short distance, the other runs at a rapid but steady jog - but does it for quite awhile.

It isnt the excercise per se but rather how you do it. You can do endurance training with bench press, doing 10 sets of 30 reps of 40% of your max in a controlled manner (slow twitch endurance) or you can do 10 sets of 3 reps of 80% of your max, exploding off the bottom but controlled on the top down (fast twitch power)

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shainesboostin Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 68	Fast twitch muscles? please help I need to know what the difference is in the two types of muscle fibers. I need to train my FAST twitch fibers according to my training partner but i dont know how to train the fast vs slow. Please help me understand.

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09-16-2008, 11:51 AM	#2 (permalink)
*CYCLEON* Admin Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: where you least expect me Posts: 992	Basically the difference is between explosive heavy power movements (fast twitch) and less weight endurance excercises (slow twitch). The easiest way to visualize it is the difference between the physique of an olympic sprinter and a champion marathon runner. Consider how they would train. One is for explosive speed over a short distance, the other runs at a rapid but steady jog - but does it for quite awhile. It isnt the excercise per se but rather how you do it. You can do endurance training with bench press, doing 10 sets of 30 reps of 40% of your max in a controlled manner (slow twitch endurance) or you can do 10 sets of 3 reps of 80% of your max, exploding off the bottom but controlled on the top down (fast twitch power)

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