When one is seriously considering taking up body building training, it is important to research about exercises, about intensity, about dieting, about rest and recovery, about hypertrophy and such important facets of body building. As is the practice, there is one element off body building that most people usually overlook at the time of researching body building. This is about types of muscles that make up the body. Muscle physiology is a pertinent part of strength training program, for rarely will you ever succeed in building something you don’t know.

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Q: I’ve been hearing about working different types of muscle fiber to produce a complete physique, but I’m not sure how you work the different types. Is there any validity to this muscle fiber stuff?

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Pyramiding your sets is simple, and it can be used to ensure that you are adequately hitting both the slow- and fast-twitch muscle fibers. Not only does this give your joints a rest in avoiding four ultra-heavy sets and ensure you are properly warmed up before attempting heavy weights, but it stimulates as many possible muscle fibers in the targeted muscle group as possible. Here is a sample shoulder routine, which uses pyramid sets.

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Q: I’ve been hearing about working different types of muscle fiber to produce a complete physique, but I’m not sure how you work the different types. Is there any validity to this muscle fiber stuff?

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