Sentences with phrase «twitch muscle bursts»

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Fast - twitch muscle fibers are used in explosive bursts of power, for example when working with heavy loads or during sprinting, while slow - twitch fibers enable long endurance feats such as high - rep sets with light loads or distance running.

Healthy people lose fast - twitch muscles, which are used for short bursts of energy.

Unlike endurance running, which favors athletes with lean frames, sprinting favors athletes who exert a short burst of power using fast - twitch muscles.

Because they do tire rapidly, a good sprinters diet therefore needs to be nutrient dense and contain enough carbohydrates and fat to maintain energy levels as well as supply fast - twitch muscles with sufficient fuel to produce the required speed bursts.

Muscles that are used for situations where quick bursts of activity are needed, such as fleeing from danger, are made up of fibers called fast - twitch.

It targets fast - twitch muscles, which are responsible for producing short bursts of power.

Fast twitch muscles are able to metabolize using both aerobic and anaerobic pathways, utilizing glycogen and glucose for immediate, short bursts of energy and fat for longer, sustained energy.

Fast twitch muscle fibers (which fatigue quickly, but help with quick bursts of energy) convert easily to the better slow twitch muscle fibers that enable endurance exercises.