Hello and welcome to The Progress Theory where we discuss how to implement scientific principles to optimise human performance. On this episode we have S&C and physiology lecturer, Dr Matt Buckthorpe, to discuss the physiological adaptations to muscle from strength and power training.
To fully understand what training we need to prescribe to achieve our goals we need to understand what happens at the neuromuscular level. How does the body adapt to the stress of resistance training? This is why I’ve asked Matt to come onto the Progress Theory. In this episode we discuss muscle fibre composition, compare the different adaptations caused by strength and power training, and if we all have an adaptive strength ceiling.
In this episode, we discuss:
1:01 - Introduction
4:04 - Adaptations to strength training
7:58 - How the muscle respond to a progressive resistance training programme
11:14 - Novice lifters, and difficulty of increasing strength over time
13:37 - Our genetic ceiling for strength
16:50 - The physiology of training hypertrophy before strength
19:45 - Strength at different speeds
23:43 - Training affecting muscle fibre size and type
27:44 - Strength adaptations to tendon
31:38 - Strength genetics
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