| Today I wanted to share with you a neat revelation of | | | | Ok, back to our conversation and the proverbial light |
| sorts I had last night in a conversation with one of my | | | | bulb that went off over my head; we were talking |
| soon to be bootcamp instructors. We were talking | | | | about the difference in leanness between light meat |
| about fat loss and also how bad he was about running | | | | and dark meat and how light meat is so much leaner |
| for distance (he trains with me for his conditioning for | | | | than the dark. Now you have heard me talk about |
| Mixed Martial Arts fighting), the best methods and our | | | | how interval training or alternating high intensity and low |
| conversation turned to Thanksgiving of all things and | | | | intensity work periods burns much more body fat than |
| we got on the topic of fast twitch and slow twitch | | | | slow steady state exercise. And if we remember this |
| muscle fibers. | | | | concept when trying to figure out why light meat is |
| If you don't know what those are, without going into a | | | | leaner than dark meat we can start to put things all |
| ton of detail, fast twitch muscles are those muscles | | | | together to prove my point. |
| that are dominant in sprinting events like running or | | | | Slow twitch muscle fibers are the dark meat on |
| short burst weight lifting; anything that involves | | | | poultry. Dark meat has more fat content. Fast twitch |
| explosive work in a short amount of time. Slow twitch | | | | muscle fibers are the light meat. Light meat has much |
| muscle fibers are those which involve low intensity | | | | less fat. If we apply this concept and now know that |
| work over a long period of time like distance running, | | | | fast twitch muscle fibers are for short explosive |
| triathalon, or cross country skiing. Some people are | | | | bursts, and slow twitch muscle fibers are for long |
| really good at one of these groups of sports than | | | | steady state exertion, everything starts to make more |
| others, while others are very good at the other group. | | | | sense. |
| That typically means that person has a dominance of | | | | Just another way to prove that interval training will burn |
| either fast twitch or slow twitch muscle fibers in their | | | | more fat off your body than the slow steady state |
| body. Very rarely does a person have an equal | | | | exercise. I'm sure next thanksgiving you will be thinking |
| amount of both or are very good at both types of | | | | about this when you dig into your turkey dinner. |
| exercise. | | | | |