Although older I wanted to post this up as many still can read online that fiber type makeup has so much to do with strength endurance. And of course if you wish to truly make some fatigue inroads you will need to find out what fiber type your muscle make up is. This is so regurgitated that some have devised mathematical solutions and so called "field tests". So without further ado if you are one of those followers, sorry, if you never bought that idea to begin with here's your back up.
J Strength Cond Res. 2008 May;22(3):845-50.
Fiber type composition and capillary density in relation to submaximal number of repetitions in resistance exercise.Terzis G, Spengos K, Manta P, Sarris N, Georgiadis G.
Track and Field Division, Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, Aiginition Hospital, Division of Public Health, Psychiatry, and Neurology, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece. [email protected]
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between skeletal muscle fiber type composition and the maximum number of repetitions performed during submaximal resistance exercise. Twelve young men performed a maximum repetitions test at 85% of 1 repetition maximum (1RM) in the leg press, which was repeated after 1 week. Seven days after the second 85% 1RM test, they performed a maximum repetitions test at 70% of 1RM in the leg press. This test, at 70% 1RM, was repeated 7 days later. One week before the initiation of the testing sessions, a biopsy sample was obtained from the vastus lateralis muscle and analyzed for fiber type distribution, fiber cross-sectional area, and capillary density (capillaries x mm(2)). A low and nonsignificant relationship was found between the fiber type distribution or percent fiber type area and the number of repetitions performed at either 70% or 85% 1RM. Moreover, the number of repetitions performed at 70% or 85% of 1RM was not related significantly with 1RM strength. In contrast, the number of repetitions performed at 70% 1RM was significantly correlated with the number of capillaries per mm(2) of muscle cross-sectional area (r = 0.70; p = 0.01). These results suggest that fiber type composition is not the major biological variable regulating the number of repetitions performed in submaximal resistance exercise. Rather, it seems that submaximal strength performance depends on muscle capillary density, which is linked with the endurance capacity of the muscle tissue.
J Strength Cond Res. 2008 May;22(3):845-50.
Fiber type composition and capillary density in relation to submaximal number of repetitions in resistance exercise.Terzis G, Spengos K, Manta P, Sarris N, Georgiadis G.
Track and Field Division, Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, Aiginition Hospital, Division of Public Health, Psychiatry, and Neurology, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece. [email protected]
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between skeletal muscle fiber type composition and the maximum number of repetitions performed during submaximal resistance exercise. Twelve young men performed a maximum repetitions test at 85% of 1 repetition maximum (1RM) in the leg press, which was repeated after 1 week. Seven days after the second 85% 1RM test, they performed a maximum repetitions test at 70% of 1RM in the leg press. This test, at 70% 1RM, was repeated 7 days later. One week before the initiation of the testing sessions, a biopsy sample was obtained from the vastus lateralis muscle and analyzed for fiber type distribution, fiber cross-sectional area, and capillary density (capillaries x mm(2)). A low and nonsignificant relationship was found between the fiber type distribution or percent fiber type area and the number of repetitions performed at either 70% or 85% 1RM. Moreover, the number of repetitions performed at 70% or 85% of 1RM was not related significantly with 1RM strength. In contrast, the number of repetitions performed at 70% 1RM was significantly correlated with the number of capillaries per mm(2) of muscle cross-sectional area (r = 0.70; p = 0.01). These results suggest that fiber type composition is not the major biological variable regulating the number of repetitions performed in submaximal resistance exercise. Rather, it seems that submaximal strength performance depends on muscle capillary density, which is linked with the endurance capacity of the muscle tissue.