Posts Tagged ‘fast twitch’

Posted in Exercise of the Week on December 9, 2009

Exercise Of The Week: Plyo Push Up

ShareThe plyometric push up is a great exercise for developing your fast twitch muscle fibers.  By pressing yourself off the bench in a ballistic fashion you are recruiting your type 2b muscle fibers.  Fast twitch fibers are the strongest and hardest fibers in the body.  The m ... Continue Reading

Posted in Size/Strength on October 16, 2009

Get Stronger: Go Ballistic

Share So you’ve followed your bench program for weeks.  You’ve done the flat bench, dumbbell bench, incline bench, dumbbell fly’s, cable fly and loads of push ups.  With all of that, you gained just a little strength and no noticeable size.  You spent six weeks and hours ... Continue Reading

Posted in Size/Strength on September 10, 2009

5 Quick Tips: Getting Freakishly Strong

Share In the fast paced society we live in today, everyone expects everything to happen quickly.  Just a few years ago the idea of having Internet on our phones was just that (an idea).  Now, if my iPhone doesn’t load a page in a few seconds, I’m complaining about h ... Continue Reading

Posted in Size/Strength, Training on July 28, 2009

One Way Street To More Strength And Size

Many good things can come out of eccentric training and no matter what your goals are in the gym, eccentric training will likely be a key to your success. The biggest idea is that you are recruiting your type 2 or fast twitch muscle fibers when performing eccentric training. Th ... Continue Reading