Bonn Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 I'm just wondering do they develop more type I muscle fibers or type II muscle fibers? Or is it an equal balance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Chubb Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 It isn't so much that gymnast have a certain type. That is something you are born with. You can train them to act like different types though. So gymnast muscle fibers would be trained to be explosive. Hope that helped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razz Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Hmm not just explosive, Rings certainly can't rely purely on the most explosive fibers. There has been another thread on this where I remember Braindx wrote something about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Chubb Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Very true. I was speaking in general. But the max strength aspects would be different. Slizzardman wrote a lot about this and high level gymnast and the differences between all arounders and ring specialist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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