Altitude training for sprinters?
Dennis
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From: Tom Derderian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Ed & Dana Parrot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; 't-and-f@darkwing. uoregon. edu'
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Subject: Re: t-and-f: Re: Fast twitch/slow twitch question?
> So, for 20 million you could go into orbit and the zero G would convert
your
> slow twitch to fast...Is that what Tito was doing?
> Tom
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> From: Ed & Dana Parrot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: 't-and-f@darkwing. uoregon. edu' (E-mail)
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> Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 11:58 AM
> Subject: Re: t-and-f: Re: Fast twitch/slow twitch question?
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> > Paul -
> >
> > Great, informative post. I had not been aware of this research. A
> > question, which may be more theoretical than scientific, will untrained
> > fast-twitch muscles be able to sprint faster than trained slow-twitch
> > muscles? And is it possible for a reasonably active person to change
the
> > composition of fibers significantly based on the type of training he
does,
> > or is it only by removing all stress on the muscle that the fibers
revert
> to
> > fast twitch?
> >
> > Is there any reseach that suggests that the "fiber-switch" that Paul
> > observed in unweighted muscles could be stimulated in a more practical
> way?
> >
> > - Ed Parrot
> >
>
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