​I am writing this blog after being asked an interesting question from one of my colleagues – “Can you increase your type II muscle fibers by following a strength or hypertrophy programme?” Well, the short answer is YES. By following either of these training programmes, you are likely to increase your percentage of type II muscle fibers. 

​Periodization is the systematic planning of long-term training, which is broken down further into planned training cycles. These cycles move through phases, which work towards various goals, structures and content of a planned training programme. These cycles are sequenced in such a way that training replicates and produces the optimal time for an athlete to achieve maximal results. 

​If you are anything like me, you may feel eclipsed by the amount of theoretical and practical knowledge that you want to learn and apply constantly in a continued effort to develop in your professional world.

​When using either of these terms, completely out of habit in front of our athletes, I am faced with blank expressions. I then find myself automatically defining the two. But why does it matter in the world of strength and conditioning?