slow-twitch
adjective
: of, relating to, or being muscle fiber that contracts slowly especially during sustained physical activity requiring endurance compare fast-twitch
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Finally, muscles that have a higher proportion of fast-twitch to slow-twitch fibers strain more readily.
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Nicole Wetsman, Popular Science, 24 May 2023
Nicole Wetsman, Popular Science, 24 May 2023
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1958, in the meaning defined above
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slow-twitch
adjective
: of, relating to, or being muscle fiber that contracts slowly especially during sustained physical activity requiring endurance compare fast-twitch
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