Fast Twitch Muscle Fiber Treadmill Workout

You may know that exercises that use fast twitch muscle fiber burn far more calories and burn more fat, than exercises that recruit slow twitch muscle fiber.

Fast twitch fiber is designed for very short duration exercise of power or speed. Slow twitch is designed for longer, endurance-type activities.

An example of fast-twitch exercises: jumping, sprinting, heavy weight lifting. And examples of slow-twitch activities: jogging, step aerobics classes, bicycling, light weight lifting.

You can recruit both slow and fast twitch on a treadmill. But recruiting fast twitch will accelerate any weight loss attempts. If you do not need to lose weight, then fast-twitch exercise STILL should be performed, because it has many other amazing benefits besides burning fat.

These benefits include enhances sports performance, greater speed, swifter movement, more coordination, denser bones and better-looking, tighter muscles.

After getting warmed up on a treadmill, raise the incline to 15 percent. And keep this rule in mind: DO NOT HOLD ONTO THE MACHINE while you perform this exercise. Holding on will defeat the entire purpose! The only time I suggest you hold on is at the very end of this drill, and at that, for only one or two seconds to collect yourself. Two seconds TOPS, and then let go after that.

After you program the treadmill to raise to 15 percent, set the speed at 3 mph. Now, this may be too fast for this particular drill (which I am about to explain). But for other people, it may be too slow. If you're an athlete, set it at 3. If you're a klutz or in poor condition, set it at 2 mph or even slower.

After doing that, start jumping with both feet taking off at the same time, and both landing at the same time. Make sure your feet are even (flush) on the tread, rather than one ahead of the other. Do not take off with one foot first or ahead of the other, and do not land with one foot first. Both feet work perfectly together.