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If you haven't heard of him Andy Galpin has a PHD in bioenergetics which he says is a fancy way of saying muscle physiology.
He does some consultancy with a few combat sport athlete's and he's been on a bunch of podcasts etc. but he says muscle physiology research is his main day job.
He also has a youtube channel which I will link to below.
One of his area's of research is the conversion of fast to slow twitch muscle twitch fibres or vice versa. He says it can be done much more than most people think. He did a study on identical twins, one was an endurance athlete with >90% fast twitch fibres, the other was a sedentary guy with 50:50 fast to slow twitch ratio.
Consistent with his views on muscle fibre conversion he advocates a resistance training programme that strikes me as unusual.
If you look Power = Strength X Speed
Then his advice to me seeks to maximise power by training the speed side of the equation whereas a lot of other programmes seek to maximise the strength aspect.
The rep range he advocates are 1-5 reps.
He says work at 30 - 75% of your 1RM, if you go higher you might not be able to do the movement's fast enough.
2 and a half to 5 minutes between sets.
Link;
So what are your views on this training method? If what he is saying is true and it can drive muscle fibre conversion then that strikes me as something very interesting to anyone interested in throwing punches, kicks or shooting a double.
He does some consultancy with a few combat sport athlete's and he's been on a bunch of podcasts etc. but he says muscle physiology research is his main day job.
He also has a youtube channel which I will link to below.
One of his area's of research is the conversion of fast to slow twitch muscle twitch fibres or vice versa. He says it can be done much more than most people think. He did a study on identical twins, one was an endurance athlete with >90% fast twitch fibres, the other was a sedentary guy with 50:50 fast to slow twitch ratio.
Consistent with his views on muscle fibre conversion he advocates a resistance training programme that strikes me as unusual.
If you look Power = Strength X Speed
Then his advice to me seeks to maximise power by training the speed side of the equation whereas a lot of other programmes seek to maximise the strength aspect.
The rep range he advocates are 1-5 reps.
He says work at 30 - 75% of your 1RM, if you go higher you might not be able to do the movement's fast enough.
2 and a half to 5 minutes between sets.
Link;
So what are your views on this training method? If what he is saying is true and it can drive muscle fibre conversion then that strikes me as something very interesting to anyone interested in throwing punches, kicks or shooting a double.