Sentences with phrase «twitch fibers contract»

Fast - twitch fibers contract two to four times faster and fatigue faster than slow - twitch fibers.

Slow - twitch fibers contract slow and are able to sustain muscular contraction for an extended period of type.

Since fast - twitch fibers contract around four times faster than their counterparts, these fibers naturally have a greater capacity to produce force, which makes them crucial for enhancing muscle growth and strength gains.

Not exact matches

(«Fast twitch» muscle fibers contract more quickly than «slow - twitch» fibers and generate more force more quickly, but they also fatigue more quickly.)

Based on the relative rate at which they contract, muscle fibers can be slow - twitch or fast - twitch.

Type 2a are fibers that contract at a faster speed than slow - twitch fibers and are thus capable of generating explosive, short - term bursts of power, but are less fatigue resistant.

This uses fast - twitch muscle fibers (the ones that contract during high - intensity moves and help improve muscle tone) Sit with knees bent and feet on floor.

Fast - twitch muscle fibers contract fast and produce greater power.

The red, type I aerobic fibers contract relatively slowly, and these would be called slow twitch.

For example, physiologists measured the time to exhaustion in a group of fast twitch fibers and found some of the fast twitch fibers fatigued in as little as 16 seconds while other fast twitch fibers were able to contract for 34 minutes before reaching fatigue.

Slow twitch fibers are the weakest of fibers, contract relatively slow, and have very high levels of endurance.