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Can you change the type of muscle fibers you currently have?
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<blockquote data-quote="FeelingLost" data-source="post: 85270" data-attributes="member: 15131"><p>People have two general types of skeletal <strong>muscle</strong> fibers: slow-<strong>twitch</strong> (type I) and fast-<strong>twitch</strong> (type II). Slow-<strong>twitch muscles</strong> help enable long-endurance feats such as distance running, while fast-<strong>twitch muscles</strong> fatigue faster but are used in powerful bursts of <strong>movements</strong> like sprinting.</p><p></p><p>I understand there are tests you can do in the gym to figure out what type you predominantly have. </p><p></p><p>My main hobby is mtn biking so when I go to the gym I try to do exersizes that will support that activity as well as general fitness. </p><p></p><p>In mtn biking I believe you need both type 1 and 2 twitch muscles. </p><p>Type 2 to get you up that steep section of the hill and type 1 because you are riding for 2-3 hours non-stop.</p><p></p><p>So if I am type 2 predominant can I do exersizes to increase my type 1 muscle fibers? </p><p>If so, I am assuming to do this it would be high reps low weighs vs low reps high weight?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FeelingLost, post: 85270, member: 15131"] People have two general types of skeletal [B]muscle[/B] fibers: slow-[B]twitch[/B] (type I) and fast-[B]twitch[/B] (type II). Slow-[B]twitch muscles[/B] help enable long-endurance feats such as distance running, while fast-[B]twitch muscles[/B] fatigue faster but are used in powerful bursts of [B]movements[/B] like sprinting. I understand there are tests you can do in the gym to figure out what type you predominantly have. My main hobby is mtn biking so when I go to the gym I try to do exersizes that will support that activity as well as general fitness. In mtn biking I believe you need both type 1 and 2 twitch muscles. Type 2 to get you up that steep section of the hill and type 1 because you are riding for 2-3 hours non-stop. So if I am type 2 predominant can I do exersizes to increase my type 1 muscle fibers? If so, I am assuming to do this it would be high reps low weighs vs low reps high weight? [/QUOTE]
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