fast-twitch
adjective
: of, relating to, or being muscle fiber that contracts quickly especially during brief high-intensity physical activity requiring strength compare slow-twitch
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Some people may have a higher proportion of fast-twitch muscle fibers, which have greater growth potential.
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Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 16 Nov. 2023
DeSantis was essentially talking about two leagues, and how the mostly Black one, the NBA, is full of freaky athletes with fast-twitch muscles and apparently not as democratic or meritocratic or whatever-cratic as baseball players.
—Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 22 June 2023
Finally, muscles that have a higher proportion of fast-twitch to slow-twitch fibers strain more readily.
—Nicole Wetsman, Popular Science, 24 May 2023
Anaerobic workouts, which use fast-twitch muscles, are better at stimulating EPOC, WH reported.
—Ashley Mateo, Women's Health, 20 June 2023
And careers are short anyway: Teenagers — with their fast-twitch reflexes — dominate.
—Hisako Ueno, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2023
Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 16 Nov. 2023
DeSantis was essentially talking about two leagues, and how the mostly Black one, the NBA, is full of freaky athletes with fast-twitch muscles and apparently not as democratic or meritocratic or whatever-cratic as baseball players.
—Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 22 June 2023
Finally, muscles that have a higher proportion of fast-twitch to slow-twitch fibers strain more readily.
—Nicole Wetsman, Popular Science, 24 May 2023
Anaerobic workouts, which use fast-twitch muscles, are better at stimulating EPOC, WH reported.
—Ashley Mateo, Women's Health, 20 June 2023
And careers are short anyway: Teenagers — with their fast-twitch reflexes — dominate.
—Hisako Ueno, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2023
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First Known Use
1958, in the meaning defined above
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fast-twitch
adjective
: of, relating to, or being muscle fiber that contracts quickly especially during brief high-intensity physical activity requiring strength compare slow-twitch
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