Lifting heavy weights might make your fast-twitch muscle fibers grow bigger than your slow-twitch ones, according to some new research.

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The study talks about how lifting heavy weights might build more fast-twitch muscles, which matches the claim, and also suggests lifting lighter weights might build more slow-twitch muscles, supporting the idea that different weights affect muscles differently.

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