Muscle fibre types

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  • What are slow-twitchfibers fibres?
    Aerobic
    Also known as type 1 fibres and are red.
  • What are fast twitch fibers?
    Anaerobic
    Also known as type 2 fibres and are white
  • Type 2a fast twitch can be trained to...?
    Take on characteristics of either slow twitch or fast twitch fibres
  • Type 2b is purely anaerobic. True or false?
    True