mitochondria

Hello ! After reading a lot of strong first and Pavel work, I’ve been finally getting closer to find a more suitable protocol/routine to improve overall athleticism for BJJ/Wrestling practice, more particularly how to increase mitochondria density in slow twitch fibers. My goal was to increase...

Science background to Plan Strong and Plan Endurance. This article is really interesting in how researchers working on Mt. Everest have found that the mitochondria and oxygen production of Sherpas is genetically different from normal populations. In short, there is a significant genetic...

There have been some interesting articles about slow twitch fiber hypertrophy (using prof. Seluyanov stato-dynamic exercises). There's also ben some discussions about building mitochondria in fast twitch muscles. One of the protocols mentioned was essentially S&S swings with long rest (example...