I have a question regarding neurotyping. It seems that I have a stark difference between types when it comes to physical versus psychological/mental.
For example, I’m 6’1 215 and I’d say pretty muscular. I have great explosion and power (can two-hand dunk), power clean 270, and I’m also pretty strong. Nothing crazy, but bench 260x5, squat 335x5, deadlift 375x5, overhead press 160x5. And I definitely have more of an athletic/muscular build. As well, I enjoy intense training, although not a lot of volume (I enjoy Wendler 5/3/1 or something similar). All of this seems to point towards more of a 1a or 1b type.
But when it comes to my mental or psychological state, I lean more towards 2b or even a 3. I am often anxious, sometimes have trouble sleeping (dolphin chronotype based on Dr. Breus’s sleep quiz), and don’t feel very confident in social situations (especially new ones). I don’t often take on a leader role either. And for my job, I’m a researcher and writer. Plus, intense exercise can make it hard for me to calm down, and evening exercise makes it really difficult for me to sleep.
I’m wondering what your take on this is; are there people with split types like this? And what is the best course of action regarding training, diet, supplements, etc?
type 2b/3. And none of that surprised me, but I just thought it was curious that I had some characteristics that are the opposite, even though I know most of them (especially psychologically/mentally) are 2b/3.
You’re a classic neurotype 3 but you might have a higher ratio of FT muscle fibers than the usual type 3 would have. The type of lifting you do and what you train for also impacts the ratio of FT to ST fibers overtime. So it’s not like you’re doomed when you’re a type 3 because they are standardized as people with a high ratio of ST fibers. Sure you might have less FT fibers than someone else, but the potential is still there, if you train it.
If you follow the course, you’ll see that each neurotype is actually a combination of 3 profiles, with one main dominance.
The type 3 has 3 as its dominance (no surprise there) and 2B and 1A come second. Your self analytical explanation of how you look, perform and feel during training and outside of it almost perfectly matches the type 3 profile.
Thanks for your response. All of what you said makes sense, and yeah I definitely train more with heavier weights and lower reps which probably has led to a higher development of FT. I just don’t enjoy lighter weights and higher reps as much.
I actually wasn’t aware that each neurotype has a combo of 3 profiles, so that was cool to learn (and makes sense really). I guess my workouts sort of represent that because even though I like to train heavy and do explosive stuff, I can’t workout nearly as often as a type 1a dominant due to fatigue; I often just train 3 times per week.