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slow-twitch

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slow-twitch
adj.
Of or relating to skeletal muscle that is composed of weak, slowly contracting fibers, adapted for low-intensity, high-endurance activities.


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You need to adopt a progressive training technique, which can stimulate the growth of both the fast-twitch fibers, as well as the slow-twitch fibers in your muscles, and which can maintain all the muscles of your body in a continuous state of shock, so that a plateau stage is not arrived at easily.
Although fast-twitch muscle fibers are usually larger in size than slow-twitch, slow-twitch fibers can become up to 22% larger than fast-twitch fibers with effective endurance training.
There are other genes associated with athletic ability including PPARdelta, which governs slow-twitch muscle growth; IGF-1, which controls human growth; and genes that regulate erythropoietin, a hormone that affects the production of red blood cells.
 
 
 
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