The Claim
Whether someone has more slow-twitch or fast-twitch muscle fibers doesn't predict how much bigger or stronger their muscles will get after 10 weeks of lifting weights to exhaustion, even though people's results vary a lot.
What the research says
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Whether someone has more slow-twitch or fast-twitch muscle fibers doesn't predict how much bigger or stronger their muscles will get after 10 weeks of lifting weights to exhaustion, even though people's results vary a lot.
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Muscle typology, as estimated by muscle carnosine levels, does not explain the high inter-individual variability in muscle hypertrophy or strength gains following 10 weeks of resistance training to failure at 60% 1RM in untrained individuals, despite observed ranges of +3% to +14% in muscle volume and +17% to +47% in strength.
What the research says
1 studyStudy: Can muscle typology explain the inter‐individual variability in resistance training adaptations?
Even though some people gained more muscle and strength than others after the same workout routine, it wasn’t because they had more fast- or slow-twitch muscle fibers—those differences didn’t explain why some people improved more than others.
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