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Muscle Fiber Types: How Much Does Your Mix Matter & Can You Change It? w/Dr. Andy Galpin

02.20.2019 - By Jim McDonaldPlay

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We follow up the episode “Can You Teach Speed?” with a deeper dive into muscle fiber types that we touched on in that episode: 

What’s the difference between fast twitch and slow twitch fibers?

Does the mix of fibers tend to affect performance? Aesthetics?

Is changing your mix of fiber types possible, and if so, is it even helpful?

Dr. Andy Galpin joins us again as expert for this discussion.

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