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Many of your muscles have a roughly fifty-fifty mixture of slow- and fast-twitch fibers, but the muscles you use mostly for generating power like your triceps are about 70 percent fast-twitch fibers, and those you use primarily for walking or other non-forceful activities like the deep muscles of your calf (the soleus) are roughly 85 percent slow-twitch fibers.29
Exercised: The Science of Physical Activity, Rest and Health
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