Ep54: Muscle Fiber Types

Todd and Jason discuss muscle fiber types and their effect on cycling. Do our fiber types dictate the type of rider we are? Do we have control over the composition or can we influence our muscle fiber type for performance benefit? 

SHOW NOTES:

McComas, A. J., and H. C. Thomas. "Fast and slow twitch muscles in man." Journal of the neurological sciences 7.2 (1968): 301-307.

Johnson, M_A, et al. "Data on the distribution of fibre types in thirty-six human muscles: an autopsy study." Journal of the neurological sciences 18.1 (1973): 111-129.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263519615_Muscles_within_muscles_A_Mechanomyographic_analysis_of_muscle_segment_contractile_properties_within_human_gluteus_maximus

https://journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1152/jappl.1979.47.2.263?journalCode=jappl

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6530616/

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