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**paydayuscf** · 10-11-2005, 08:00 AM

Originally posted by JSchmidt
Harder gears actually improves your legs slower than lower gears.
With lower gears, you have to pedal faster, teaching your muscles to react quicker and pump blood through quicker.

Jakob Actually, this is incorrect. Yes you may have to pedal faster with higher gears, but resistance is low, so doing this for extended periods is promoting slow-twitch muscle fibre (good for endurance, bad for speed). The harder gears would be FAR more beneficial for someone wanting speed and strength improvements.

Ares2907

10-11-2005, 08:00 AM	#1
paydayuscf Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 410 Senior Member	Originally posted by JSchmidt Harder gears actually improves your legs slower than lower gears. With lower gears, you have to pedal faster, teaching your muscles to react quicker and pump blood through quicker. Jakob Actually, this is incorrect. Yes you may have to pedal faster with higher gears, but resistance is low, so doing this for extended periods is promoting slow-twitch muscle fibre (good for endurance, bad for speed). The harder gears would be FAR more beneficial for someone wanting speed and strength improvements. Ares2907
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