ridecamp@endurance.net: RE: conditioning

RE: conditioning

Wendy Milner (wendy@nsmdserv.cnd.hp.com)
Wed, 31 May 95 16:26:46 MDT

> >Building the slow twitch muscles would be doing sprints. Building the
> >fast twitch muscles would be doing lots of trotting over all kinds of
> >terain.
>
>
> Is this not reversed?
> I was led to believe the slow twitch fibers were conditioned with long slow
> work (trotting) and the fast twitch fibers were built with fast work.
>
> Greg
>
I think I've got it right.

Slow twitch muscles are those that are used for long endurance type
of work. They don't move very fast, but they keep on going.

Fast twitch muscles are those that move very fast, but burn out
very quickly.

--
Wendy


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