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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Keep going: Challenge your fast-twitch muscle fibers by incorporating sprints.
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Jen Murphy, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2025
These machines are great for casual pastimes and video streaming, not for fast-twitch fragging.
—PCMAG, 17 Jan. 2025
Some people may have a higher proportion of fast-twitch muscle fibers with greater growth potential.
—Alyssa Hui-Anderson, Verywell Health, 25 Nov. 2024
With its fast-twitch wit, astringent dialogue, and lyrical dialogue, Hall’s absorbing play is reminiscent of works by August Wilson, Tennessee Williams, Tracy Letts, and Jez Butterworth, whose The Hills of California similarly focuses on a group of siblings reunited by a mother’s illness.
—Rhoda Feng, Vogue, 25 Nov. 2024
Strengthens fast-twitch muscle fibers, which helps with quick, powerful movements.
—Fred Sassani, Austin American-Statesman, 15 Nov. 2024
But there’s huge variation around this average: some people are mostly slow-twitch, others are mostly fast-twitch.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 12 Nov. 2024
For the specific goal of hanging on to your fast-twitch fibers, there may also be a case for doing some heavy resistance training, with sets of six reps of fewer.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 28 Oct. 2024
Follow the money: Over the course of Golden Week, the list of the most-active stocks on Interactive Brokers, a platform popular with fast-twitch retail investors, was dominated by Chinese tickers.
—Felix Salmon, Axios, 10 Oct. 2024
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Jen Murphy, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2025
These machines are great for casual pastimes and video streaming, not for fast-twitch fragging.
—PCMAG, 17 Jan. 2025
Some people may have a higher proportion of fast-twitch muscle fibers with greater growth potential.
—Alyssa Hui-Anderson, Verywell Health, 25 Nov. 2024
With its fast-twitch wit, astringent dialogue, and lyrical dialogue, Hall’s absorbing play is reminiscent of works by August Wilson, Tennessee Williams, Tracy Letts, and Jez Butterworth, whose The Hills of California similarly focuses on a group of siblings reunited by a mother’s illness.
—Rhoda Feng, Vogue, 25 Nov. 2024
Strengthens fast-twitch muscle fibers, which helps with quick, powerful movements.
—Fred Sassani, Austin American-Statesman, 15 Nov. 2024
But there’s huge variation around this average: some people are mostly slow-twitch, others are mostly fast-twitch.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 12 Nov. 2024
For the specific goal of hanging on to your fast-twitch fibers, there may also be a case for doing some heavy resistance training, with sets of six reps of fewer.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 28 Oct. 2024
Follow the money: Over the course of Golden Week, the list of the most-active stocks on Interactive Brokers, a platform popular with fast-twitch retail investors, was dominated by Chinese tickers.
—Felix Salmon, Axios, 10 Oct. 2024
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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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