Sentences with phrase «twitch muscle fibers store»

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Creatine phosphate (creatines high energy molecule form, stored within cells) is used to supply the type 11b muscle fibers (fast - twitch high - glycolytic; the ones that get largest in size) with immediate energy, ensuring these muscles do not prematurely fatigue 6.

Training at this intensity primarily uses slow - twitch muscle fibers, since these fibers provide more most of the mobility for events lasting 2 minutes or longer, workouts at this intensity should comprise most of your training.Training above this intensity will not significantly overload your slow - twitch fibers, which you are attempting to train to become more efficient at using fat and oxygen to produce energy while conserving carbohydrate stores.

This is, quite frankly, the worst possible scenario, as fast twitch fibers will be repeatedly engaged, damaged, and fatigued from extended hill climbs and riding with depleted glycogen stores, and the body will indeed begin to catabolize existing muscle.

Fast twitch muscle fibers are not only larger than their slow twitch counterparts, they also store a lot of carbohydrates.