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Muscle Fiber Research Paper

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Every exercise we do or sport we play use one of muscle fiber types FOG, SO, or FG. A sport that uses one of the muscle fibers is marathon runners. marathon runners need to use SO types fibers to run. Because SO fibers contract at a slow rate marathon runner do not get tired fast from their legs. Which is good for marathon runners who run long distance and need a fiber that is fatigue resistant to complete the marathon. Another sport is wrestling which uses FOG fiber type. People who do wresting need Fog fibers because they need to sustained a rapid contraction of intermediate fibers throughout the 2 to 3 mins of wresting they do. Finally, sprinting is the final sport that uses the last muscle fiber type FG. Sprinter need FG fibers because

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