The Three Types of Muscles and how the affect your jump

When it comes to muscles genetics plays an important role in how you can increase your vertical. Some people purely are born with more muscle fibers than someone else. Also those muscle fibers get divided up between the three types, one type of slow twitch and two types of fast twitch. So if god gave you a high percentage of fast twitch muscle fibers odds are you can jump pretty well already. But regardless of how you were endowed you can always train what you have to give you the great vertical jump you want.

Knowing the different types of muscles and how they work is imperative to your jump training. The knowledge allows you to focus and train specifically to maximize your athletic potential depending on what your goals are.

Muscle fibers break down into more categories than this but for this demonstration this is complex enough. The three types of muscle fibers are

-slow twitch : type 1

-fast twitch : type 2a

-fast twitch : type 2b

Each type of muscle fiber is tailored to a particular type of movement and has its own characteristics.

Type 1 slow twitch fibers are just that, they are slow. They are what are commonly referred to as your endurance muscles. As they can sustain many many contractions without becoming fatigued. These are they types of muscles you would find highly developed on a marathon runner. While these muscles are much less susceptible to fatigue they also cannot produce the power that the fast twitch muscle fibers can.

Type 2a fast twitch fibers are an intermediate type of muscle fiber. They act in between the type 1 and type 2b fibers. They are less susceptible to fatigue than type 2b and more powerful than type 1. there are important for a lot of movements and contribute heavily to jumping. You will want to train these muscle fibers as part of your workout.

Type 2b fast twitch fibers are the most responsive muscle fiber. They contract the fastest and also produce the most force. But they are very easy to tire out. They will fatigue the fastest out of all the muscle types. These are the primary muscle used to increase your vertical jump performance.

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