Episode Details

Q&A #120 - Muscle fibre typology (fast twitch vs. slow twitch dominance) and training individualisation

• Response and recovery from acute exercise depending on muscle fibre typology
• Response and recovery from chronic training load depending on muscle fibre typology
• Muscle fibre type shifting 
• A non-invasive method of estimating muscle fibre typology

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• A new method for non-invasive estimation of human muscle fiber type composition - Baguet 2011
• Cyclic movement frequency is associated with muscle typology in athletes - Bex 2017
• Muscle fiber typology substantially influences time to recover from high-intensity exercise - Lievens 2020
• Muscle fiber typology is associated with the incidence of overreaching in response to overload training - Bellinger 2020
• The Effects of Endurance, Strength, and Power Training on Muscle Fiber Type Shifting - Wilson 2012

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