Fiber twitch muscles

[brianmincher]

Cubanito,

I can walk into a gym without a warmup, still wearing a tie and dress shirt and press well over 330 raw. I don't max out raw, but I regularly take a weight for a single after speed work in the 350+ range.

B

 

[Deciever]

brian.. in the calculator that i posted it says your projected max would be about 405 if you did 225*17

does that sound right?

 

[ZZuluZ]

Brian benches near 500 If I recall. Or 450+ on a good day.

Deciever if they are accurate for you that means you're fast/slow twitch fibers are about average. The average is about 8 reps with 80% of your 1RM.

Many calculators work differently, but that is the basic formula.

-Zulu

 

[Deciever]

damn..500.. thats a shit load of weight..

zulu..being average sucks!

 

[ZZuluZ]

You're only average in THAT respect. Your neural efficieny I'd say is very good. At your weight few people are deadlifting 350 pounds and squatting 270.

-Zulu

 

[Cubanito17]

Aigh BRAIN way to go man. is there a carryover from your 3 board presses to your 1RM with a shirt. I know you bombed and all but depending on where you missed do you know. The reason I ask is b/c I would like to know for myself when I start doing them next week what I will do for my meet in JUNE or if I can't make that one then the one in JULY.

 

[TheFng]

The calculator at the link below only does reps between 1 and 10 because if you go above 10, it is too hard to predict the 1RM. BTW, they have great examples of exercises on this site.

http://www.exrx.net/Calculators/OneRepMax.html

 

[brianmincher]

i am in the upper 400's with a shirt. I have done 475 two different occasions in the gym. I bombed last weekend with 450 wearing a different shirt, that does not fit me well. Raw, i am upper 300's near 400. I have shoulder problems, and I slightly tore my left pec 4 years ago, so I don't get real crazy without a shirt.

cubanito, I can bench more with a good shirt than I can do in the 3 board press. i don't know if everyone is like this or not. I have not found an exercise that is a really good tester for me. I think for a lot of people that their 3 board press is close to their shirt max. But I am not sure. i think that the most I have done in a 3 board press is around 430 or so. but I have been adding chains and bands lately and so it is hard to say how much I have had at the board and at lockout for sure.

For the next training cycle leading up to the May 11 meet, I will be using a lot of board pressing, both 3 and 5 boards, at your suggestion to make sure that I never blow a weight off my chest that I can't lock out regardless of what equipment I am wearing. I am doing this at your suggestion, and if it works, I will give you all the credit, but if it does not, I am going to twist you into a pretzel and dunk you in mustard.

B

 

[Deciever]

I am going to twist you into a pretzel and dunk you in mustard.

B

lol brian that has to be one of the oddest threats i've ever read.
cubanito, if i were you, i'd pray that your advice works... you dont want to get dunked in mustard do you??

 

[Arioch]

Do not forget that if you wish to truly determine the fiber content of your muscles, the only way to actually do so is via biopsy. This hurts. Trust me. Other factors such as leverage, technique, figuring out which muscle is actually failing can screw up the rep test for fiber type.

And really, who cares? Sure it is nice to know if it is your field or something, but really it is no replacement for simply finding out which assistance exercise work best through trail and error, which will never be determined by biopsy.