#124: How to train given your genetic predispositions
Fit Body, Happy Joints ®
English - July 27, 2023 04:00 - 40 minutes - 27.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 794 ratingsFitness Health & Fitness Education Self-Improvement Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Genetics are a reality that we all work with. But how much of your response to exercise is genetically predisposed? And how much do exercise and lifestyle influence your results? Shannon discusses how to train given your genetic predisposition.
0:00: Introduction
2:25: Figuring out what you value
5:23: Genetic predisposition for muscle fiber composition
10:00: How to assess which fiber type you might have more of
16:00: If you don’t use it, you’ll lose it
17:15: Mechanical load to the muscles
21:24: Shifting from type I to type II muscle fibers
24:20: How can training shift you fiber type composition from type I to type II fibers?
25:55: How to train based on your fiber composition
29:10: How hormones affect fiber composition
36:19: How to train based on these hormones
Studies referenced:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18271028/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22645169/#:~:text=It%20has%20been%20suggested%20that,by%20both%20genotype%20and%20environment
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8473039/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8783862/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11479145/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8783862/#CR9
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