Over the course of the last 7 weeks I have been presenting my clients with a training program which is accomplished by focusing on three main strategies.
#1 Training: Using hybrid training to develop muscles with biologically superior capabilities.
#2 Nutrition: We rotate Nutrition Strategies To Keep The Body From Adapting. This is primarily using the rotation diet to constantly rotate the foods that we eat using their food groups and to allow your body to identify which vitamins and minerals have the best results for your Metabolic type.
#3 Hormones: Using the body’s traffic cops to our advantage
These strategies are a combination of information and knowledge I have gained from being a student at the CHEK institute in New York and an avid follower and believer in the works of Paul Chek, Elliott Hulse, Nick Mitchell, and Vic Costa.
Over the course of my training career I have encountered many different training techniques from aerobic, kettlebell, strength training and hypertrophy. However the most effective and guaranteed results are found by building what are called Type III Muscles, these have a greater mitochondrial density.
Our bodies are made up of different types of muscle fibers. Type I fibers are known as ‘slow twitch’ fibers and have a high resistance to fatigue while Type II fibers are known as fast twitch’ fibers and have a low resistance to fatigue. Slow twitch fibers support aerobic activities while fast twitch fibers are built for weightlifting and other activities that require short bursts of energy.
People who are built with lots of Type I muscle fibers make great marathon runners but terrible weightlifters. Likewise, those who are mostly made up of Type II fibers are ideally built to lift weights but poorly suited for long-term aerobic activities
such as long distance running. However, by applying certain scientific principles, it is possible to create muscles that have the best characteristics of both Type I and Type II muscle fibers. To create these muscles we are reconfiguring Type I
and Type II muscle fibers into a new variety of muscle fiber (Type III) that has endurance, strength and greater mitochondrial density. The greater the mitochondrial density, the more energy we have available for our muscles.
Mitochondria are essentially the muscle cells’ powerhouses, taking nutrients, breaking them down and producing energy for the muscle cells. The form of energy used to power our cells is known as adenosine triphosphate (ATP).
When you increase the mitochondrial density of muscle fibers, you boost mitochondrial capacity to burn fat for conversion into ATP. This enhanced utilization of fat for energy brings about a process known as ‘muscle shifting,’ which results in stronger muscles, increased lean muscle mass and a decrease in body fat.
One of the amazing qualities of these type 3 muscle fibre is that they utilize more fat for energy than ordinary muscle fibers. That’s great because one of our primary goals is to keep body fat to a minimum. Our other primary goal though is to build bigger, stronger muscles.
Fortunately, muscle shifting provides the body a tremendous advantage for building lean mass. The advantage stems from the fact that Type III muscles have the
best qualities of both Type I and Type II muscles—meaning that you have muscle fibers that are both strong and resistant to fatigue. Therefore, because these muscle fibers don’t behave like ordinary muscle fibers, they need to be trained using different techniques, approaches and strategies. Ordinary training techniques won’t
produce the results we want. To build super hybrid muscles, you need to utilize a multi-faceted training approach that incorporates elements that would individually be used to train Type I and Type II muscle fibers.
In other words, we need to combine training techniques used for ordinary muscle fibers in order to facilitate muscle shifting and address the unique characteristics of the resulting Type III muscle fibers.
And the best way to do that is to utilize a training approach that includes a strong emphasis on both resistance (weight) training and cardio at the same time. Traditional training strategies use one or the other—not both. Combining the two into a hybrid training strategy produces results far superior to those that you could achieve through ordinary weight training or cardio training alone.
