How strong are professionals forearm??

ionoo · Mar 15, 2012

geebees90 said: ↑

Hi guys, I'm replying after about 3 years now, too late, but better late than never. I suddenly opened this thread and found that I had left comments here and didn't reply to some of you who asked me questions. Sorry for that. Ah man, this thread and comments brought me memories of when I used to play badminton extensively. I don't get to play badminton now, I quit playing shortly after the comments above.

So lets get to the questions, I said "I saw chinese doing a thousand reps of dumbells and 1000 reps of squash rackets". By that I meant that they would do 1000 reps with light 5-8lb dumbells for wrist and forearm, and another 1000 combined strokes of badminton style with squash racket, e.g backhand, clears, drives, flicks, all mixed. And regardless of gender, the men and women players would do that.......Have a good time guys, and good luck playing...........I love Badminton, I will return soon and continue playing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-qE1QPy5ds

That's me playing after a long break.....
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I don't understand... with so much volume and what exactly is each rep look like anyone have an idea?

stumblingfeet said: ↑

Actually, fast-twitch fibres are much larger than slow twitch fibres, and they increase in size with appropriate training, a process called hypertrophy. This is how people who lift weights are able to grow their muscles and runners don't.

However, there is also another adaptation that comes with training: fast twitch fibres tend to become slower twitch with more training volume. So, some of your prized IIb (fastest twitch) may become IIa (not as fast, better endurance) if you use them regularly. It's because of this that sprinters might sometimes train as infrequently as once a week - they need to conserve their explosiveness for their training sessions and competitions.

To get back to the discussion on arm size and power, it's important to note that the muscles and their fibre ratios are not the critical factor. Instead, what matters are the signals your nervous system sends to your muscles when it wants them to contract. For instance, let's say you have 0.100 to swing your racquet -> how many of the appropriate muscle fibres actually fire? You want 100% for maximum power. However, even at 100% you also have to:
a) maximally relax all of the opposing muscles
b) synchronise the muscle fibres so they all fire at once

This is known as intra-muscular coordination, which lies somewhere on the line between technique and physique, as opposed to extra-muscular coordination (technique only) and muscular strength (physique only).
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