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Question 1

How many types of muscle fibres are there?

Answer 1

2

Question 2

What are the two types of muscle fibres?

Answer 2

• Slow twitch fibres
• Fast twitch fibres

Question 3

What type are slow twitch fibres?

Answer 3

Type I

Question 4

What type are fast twitch fibres?

Answer 4

Type IIa and Type IIx

Question 5

What are slow twitch (type I) fibres used for?

Answer 5

• Endurance activities
• Aerobic

Question 6

How can slow twitch (type I) muscle fibres be trained?

Answer 6

Continuous training

Question 7

What athlete would need slow twitch fibres?

Answer 7

1500m runner

Question 8

What are fast twitch (type IIa) fibres used for?

Answer 8

• Anaerobic work

Question 9

How can fast twitch (type IIa) fibres be trained?

Answer 9

High intensity interval training

Question 10

What athlete would need fast twitch (type IIa) muscle fibres?

Answer 10

Shot put thrower

Question 11

What are fast twitch (type IIx) muscle fibres used for?

Answer 11

Highly explosive anaerobic work

Question 12

How can fast twitch (type IIx) muscle fibres be trained?

Answer 12

Plyometric training

Question 13

What athlete would need fast twitch (type IIx) muscle fibres?

Answer 13

100m sprinter

Question 14

What are muscle made up of?

Answer 14

Voluntary muscle is made up of bundles of individual fibres

Question 15

What is myoglobin.

Answer 15

A red pigment that transports oxygen to the working muscles