Body type workouts

[cagiantfan]

It seems to me that certain body types will respond to different types of workouts better, someone that is long and lean will respond to higher rep workouts and someone short and stout will respond to lower rep workouts..

Clearly, my opinion is not scientific it just seems to make sense,, So if this is true (and if not please correct me),, is it then resonable to assume that a person whose body type predisposes them to a certain type of workout is basically wasting their time trying to change it..

For example my body type seems to respond best to low rep workouts, I find that when I try higher rep workouts I tend to have much slower results (if any) and seem to be more prone to Injury.. Again I have not done an in-depth study about this, but from my few years in the gym this seems to hold true..

I was just curious if I was completly out of line or what you guys thought of this....

[coalminer]

I'm going to vote against this theory for no reason in particular.

I think I may have seen an article somewhere about different workouts for people on one extreme of muscle fiber types, such as elite distance runners. But I don't remember where.

[jwjsurf]

I have noticed the same thing. I have also read many articles on this subject by Poliquin and Steve Holman over at Ironman and they seem to be an agreement that different individuals should train according to their fiber types. On the other hand I have read where Ian King stated that even if a person has more slow twitch fibers that the individual should still train to maximize what fast twitch fibers the person has.

I believe in training according to what works best for an individual. I have buddies that respond best to low reps but low reps seem to do nothing for me except cause me minor joint pain and a fried CNS.

[cagiantfan]

Thanks for you answers, Think I will shop this around a little and see if I can get some more opinions... Not much happening here...

[phizer]

I don't necessarily think it has to do with "body type", but rather your dominant muscle fiber type.

I wonder if there is any correlation between these two things though...