Slow-twitch muscle fibers (type I) can work longer without getting tired compared to fast-twitch fibers (type II), which might help you lift weights for more time before exhaustion.

Lifting lighter weights might make your slow-twitch muscles grow more than your fast-twitch muscles, according to some new ideas.

Whether you lift light weights or heavy weights until you can’t do another rep, your muscle fibers don’t seem to grow significantly more with one than the other — but we can’t be sure because the results are too uncertain.

Lifting heavier weights makes your fast-twitch muscle fibers grow bigger than lifting lighter weights does.

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

Lifting lighter weights with more reps might make your slow-twitch muscles grow bigger than lifting heavier weights with fewer reps.