Craig Martin

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the leg muscles of ordinary humans usually have 50 to 70 percent fatigue-resistant slow-twitch fibers, far more than chimpanzees, which range from 11 to 32 percent.19 Humans who train for speed can increase the size of their fast-twitch fibers, but ordinary humans from every population are still slow-twitch dominated, and thus capable of more endurance than apes.20
Exercised: The Science of Physical Activity, Rest and Health
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