Quote Originally Posted by BodhiTree View Post
The short answer: no.

The long answer: it depends on your personal proportions of slow-twitch and fast-twitch muscle fibers. If you have a lot of fast-twitch fibers, you will be more efficient working in your personal fast-twitch zippy cadence zone. If you have a lot of slow-twitch fibers, you'll be more efficient working in your personal slow-twitch "mashing" cadence zone.

Someone with a higher proportion of slow-twitch fibers would burn huge amounts of energy trying to force themselves to make their slow-twitch fibers fire quickly and to direct most of the action to their least numerous fast-twich fiber type.

Efficiency and optimal cadence are as individual as fingerprints.

Wow. I have no idea what my proportion is..probably all slow. This really does turn into a science once you get deep enough. I'd just like to keep myself injury free and don't fall into overusing my muscles or getting sick from not enough of what my body requires.