Is this considering training your fast twitch muscles??

Question

my friend says if you lift weights with your legs such as squats or any other leg exercise really quickly instead of slowly, this will train your fast twitch. Is this true? wat other workouts are there to make you become a faster runner

Answer 1

no, squating fast is extremely dangerous...the only way to become faster is by training and improving your form

Answer 2

Fast twitch muscles (type 2a and 2b) are associated with strength and power. Slow twitch muscles (type 1) are used more for endurance. Think of it this way - fast twitch means the muscles that respond first, or "fast", and slow twitch responde second, or "slow". So, when doing an exercise that has more than about 15 repetitions, you're then using your slow twitch muscles. Aerobic cardio activity definitely utilizes your slow twitch muscles (high rep activity).

Doing fast squats really is dangerous and should not be done. You have risk of injuring many points on your body if your form is forced and sloppy.

It really depends on what kind of runner you are. Weight training will help with most running types, including doing squats, leg presses, deadlifts, etc. As mentioned above, plyometrics work very well for sprinters or any sort of activity that require short bursts of speed, power and agility.

When I was a runner, windsprints and farlegs worked very well to decrease my times. Weight training will really help for sprinters (look at how professional sprinters are as compared to long distance runners, their body types are much different).

Answer 3

Lifting in a controlled manner focusing on proper form will do you worlds more good in estabilishing a good strength base to build from. Focus on improving your running form to make yourself as efficient as possible. Resisted running (with a weighted belt or band resistance around the waist) can help to improve speed- as can properly conducted plyometric training (conducting plyometrics with improper form can cause more harm than help). Being that athletics generally occur in many varying directions and speeds, it would also be a good idea to work on your agility if you're training for any sort of sport other than track.

Answer 4

you could not strengthen diverse muscle mass than what you've been born with, i'm on the very severe end, I have very good muscle mass with virtually no staying power, i am going to sprint quickly and raise heavy issues yet when i attempt to run for more advantageous than 2 hundred meters my legs only fatigue and that i'm getting no the position. the coolest information is you could somewhat adjust your muscle fibers, what you should do, with techniques from doing cardio style preparation is shift your fibers in the route of the middle of the spectrum, increasing capillary furnish, more advantageous mitochondria, etc, making the muscle mass more advantageous pinkish somewhat than the white you've now. Oh, and yeah, in case you stop the sprint preparation you'll probably get slower, save both up and also you should stay a similar, i wish, not confident on that one!