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demonstrably stronger than type one. Muscle uses glycogen most effectively. Muscle builder cells (satellite cells) are at the height of their powers, and Myostatin which impairs growth is itself reduced by training.
When it comes to choosing exercise to build in the high cost packages —type2A,BandX—the adage “failure is a good thing” is something to embrace. NZ netball and even the All Blacks this season have learned and grown from failure. So too do muscles grow from being pushed to a point that you cannot do one more repeat of an exercise.
This can be achieved easily at home with the minimum of equipment — your own body mass. You can shift your own mass by progressing through different levels of press up, planks, pull ups, squats, single leg exercises and step ups. The caveat for this type of venture is the green light given you by your GP, taking into account the variety of maladies that beset the modern human — blood pressure, heart issues, conditions that place risk on your existence. Check with your doctor before trying high intensity body weight training. To get the best muscle fibre “bundle”, you need to fail, rest and fail a few times in a short timeframe. This approach is true for the injured person or the post operative person who needs to restore strength but a more skilled pathway is needed from the physiotherapy approach.
The moral of the story here is that these things that adorn your skeleton and move your limbs and torso are in most of us, running on below par performance, and it’s like digging for gold — hard work, but a treasure awaits.