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Ten Minute Tips #25: What's So Special About "Zone 2"?

Empirical Cycling Podcast

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Is There a Lack of Correlation Between Type One and Type Two Fibers?

type one fibers typically smaller, not always the case, but typically. And so they're basically going to be more efficient and it actually may come down to a lot of it being the actual mechanical efficiency of contractile function in the actual mice and heavy chains. But let's say like a type let's say a type one heavy chain is pulling the numbers out of my ass for everybody listening do not quote me. Let's say it's like they're 70% efficient and type two fibers are like 60% efficient or maybe even 50%. That's a 20% difference,. When we think about actual power output, it's really not that big because people on the whole are probably 18 to 23

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