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J Appl Physiol 67: 83-87, 1989;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 67, Issue 1 83-87, Copyright © 1989 by American Physiological Society

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Enzyme activities of FT and ST muscle fibers in heavy-resistance trained athletes

P. A. Tesch, A. Thorsson and B. Essen-Gustavsson
Department of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm.

Tissue samples were obtained from the vastus lateralis muscle of elite olympic weight and power lifters (OL/PL, n = 6), bodybuilders (BB, n = 7), and sedentary men (n = 7). Enzyme activities of citrate synthase (CS), lactate dehydrogenase (LD), 3-OH-acyl-CoA-dehydrogenase (HAD), and myokinase (MK) were assayed on freeze-dried dissected pools of slow-twitch (ST) and fast-twitch (FT) fiber fragments by fluorometric means. Histochemical analyses were carried out to assess fiber type composition and fiber area. CS and HAD activities were lower (P less than 0.05), and LD and MK were higher (P less than 0.05) in FT than ST fibers in the entire subject pool (n = 20). CS of FT fibers and HAD of ST fibers were lower in athletes (P less than 0.05-0.01) compared with nonathletes, whereas LD of both fiber types was higher (P less than 0.05-0.001) in athletes. CS activity of ST fibers and MK activity of FT fibers were higher (P less than 0.05) in BB compared with OL/PL. FT and ST fiber area was greater (P less than 0.05) in athletes than in nonathletes. BB displayed greater (P less than 0.05) fiber size than OL/PL. FT/ST area was greater (P less than 0.05) in OL/PL than BB. It is suggested that long-term heavy-resistance training results in specific metabolic adaptations of FT and ST fiber types. These changes appear to be influenced by the type of resistance training.


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