Tuesday, June 25, 2013

The "best" workout for you is the one that works the muscles *you* have

It's a simple concept: exercise the muscles you have. No trainer or book can tell you the best way for you to work out unless they know what sort of muscle fibers your body has.

The main quest is to figure out which combination of of the three major muscle types you have.

Super-Fast - most explosive
Fast - best at brute force including regular lifting
Slow - best at long endurance

Everybody has all three, but a boxer like Muhammed Ali has a huge proportion of super-fast fibers whereas a marathon runner has hardly any super-fast fibers and more endurance fibers.

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