Spoon

Not at all CC, I have maximum respect for anybody that is passionate about something but a little light banter never hurt anybody, except the over sensitive maybe?

That simply means that there are a lot of people on here that you know little or nothing about because they choose to not shout about themselves for whatever reason, even though they post regularly.

It wasn't a criticism at those that do, merely an observation of those that don't.

After all said and done, I know you'd fit in my pocket, did you know that?

andrewdelvard

It's a really interesting subject and one I suspect you'd really find interesting Si.
Broadly speaking you can divide muscle into two groups. Slow and fast twitch (with in actual fact many, many fibres inbetween).
You Si, it seems, have an large number of fast twitch muscle fibres. This is genetic and there is no evidence to suggest you can increase the number of fibres you are born with.
Fast twitch fibres involve explosive strength for short amounts of time. They aren't efficient at 'burning' fuel for energy however so tire quite quickly. From what I understand they use no or very very little Oxygen. Thats why if you begin to feel a burn whilst excercing you are starting to recruit more slow twitch fibres which do use Oxygen. A scoob maybe quick but it ain't as fuel efficient as say a Honda Jazz.
Slow twitch fibres involve endurance. If you say stand up for an hour, slow twitch fibres are responsible for maintaining good posture. They are very efficient at 'burning' fuel for energy, and do not tire quickly.

CC

spoon, i like banter too ! u just come across as sum1 who was just taking the p1ss out of Si for posting a thread about something he is passionate about. Maybe I am over-sensitive lol ?

Fit in your pocket , don't geddit m8 ????

super_si

Dont think so. Seen loads these disgussions before, his chest is far to big to do it + hes too juiced he'll pop.
800lbs is alot for a BB but Ellwood pulled more. Over 900lbs and he's still coming to terms with adapting to the sport. Power is half the battle. You fail to realise its technique. Most people could do powerlifting perhaps. But strongman's a totally different kettle of fish.

Si

AlexM

Diablo / Telboy,

Thanks - understood.. I was kidding about the levers, but the point I was trying to make is that more work is done by moving the same weight further. If you assumed that the rate of work is approximately the same, then peak power is greater.

The inverse is that smaller people need less power to lift the same weight above their heads.. does this make them stronger?.

just curious about how this works with stength athletes, as rate of work (and therefore power expenditure) is a more important factor in many 'events' than in lifting the heaviest possible weight once.

Cheers,

Alex

P.S.

Diablo

ps what?

super_si

Cheers andrew, sounds quite interesting. thats true when the lactic acid does kick it. Its he who takes the pain longest wins

Si