Tag: competition preparation
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Tapering and Muscle Fibers: What Changes Pre-Competition
The final two weeks before competition are not just reduced training. Fast, powerful type IIx fibers revert from the fatigue-resistant profile built by heavy loading, glycogen supercompensates, and accumulated fatigue clears. This article covers the physiology behind an effective taper and the volume and duration ranges the research supports.
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The Taper Nobody Gets Right
Tapering is one of the most researched parts of competition preparation, and one of the most frequently mishandled. Here is what the evidence supports as a default, why a fixed formula still produces inconsistent results, and the adjustment most taper plans skip.