Random questions

[kaply]

1 - Muscles can be made up of slow twich or fast twich fibers, depending on your tempo in your exercises you develop one of them more than the other. This is how I was understanding this. Now the question, which type of muscle burns more fat?

2 - Which type of the above muscle produces a more pronounced look? Or are they both the same? I supposed I'm referring to being bigger.

3 - Similar to the question above but might be different, in terms of the "cosmetics" of muscle, what determines how big they are at a resting state? Is it just a matter of time until your muscles are in a mostly tense (?) state while at rest? Is it that the muscles are just so big that their resting state is bigger?

4 - Are you muscles limited in absolute size by any factors? The length of the bone that they're attached to? Genetics? Age? (not asking about drug modifications)

[Anubis]

1. Muscle by itself wont burn fat. It will give you a higher basal metabolic rate which will burn more calories when resting. Calorie reduction and cardio will burn fat.

2. Fast twitch fibers repair the fastest, are used for all out strength exercises and will make you look bigger after consistent heavy weight, low rep lifting.

3. I haven't worked out since yesterday around 4pm. Right now I would consider my muscles at a resting state

4. Yes

[kaply]

Let me be more specific.

1 - between slow twitch and fast twitch fibers, which will heighten your metabolic rate more.

4 - What are the factors?


Re: Anubis

#3 is sort of a different question than what you're answering.

[DKing]

1. Muscles are made up of both. Both will work at any tempo when needed. Using a quicker concentric portion (lifting portion) will help recruit more high threshold fibers, slow ones are recruited no matter what. Don't worry about which burn more fat, it doesn't matter and is miniscule.

2. Again its a combo and they would look the same they are all skeletal muscle tissue.

3. Your muscles won't ever be "tense" at rest. Its resting. How big your muscles are when you are at rest is a matter of how big you make them.

4. Yes but most of us will probably never approach it.

Danny