muscle fibre types

Question 1

what are the three types of muscle fibres

Answer 1

slow oxidative
fast oxidative glycolytic
fast glycolytic

Question 2

slow oxidative fibres

Answer 2

• designed for aerobic exercise
• use oxygen
• produce a small amount of tension over a long period of time
• endurance athletes
• e.g. marathon runner

Question 3

fast oxidative glycolytic

Answer 3

• designed for anaerobic exercise
• produce a large amount of force over a long period of time
• fatigue easily
• produce less force than fast glycolytic
• e.g. 1500m running

Question 4

fast glycolytic

Answer 4

• designed for anaerobic exercise
• produce a large amount of force over a long period of time
• fatigue easily
• produce the greatest force
• 100m sprint

Question 5

what are muscle fibre types largely determined by

Answer 5

genetics

Question 6

slow oxidative fibre types recovery rates

Answer 6

• recovers quickly and will be available for recruitment in 90 seconds

Question 7

fast glycolytic muscle fibre types recovery rate

Answer 7

take a long time to recover

Question 8

training slow oxidative fibres

Answer 8

training can be done daily as fibre damage does not occur at this intensity

Question 9

training fast glycolytic muscle fibres

Answer 9

at least 48 hours should be left in between training

once used to exhaustion, they will take 4-10 days to recover