Table 1.

Baseline muscle fiber type composition of the m. pectoralis, the m. vastus lateralis, and the m. semitendinosus.

	Muscle fiber types (%)
Muscles	Type I (%)	Type IIA (%)	Type IIAX (%)	Type IIX (%)
m. pectoralis	24.7 (21.1–37.5)*	52.8 (39.3–68.8)	6.9 (1.4–12.5)	16.6 (2.1–28.8)*
m. vastus lateralis	20.4 (3.5–30.2)*	54.9 (42.4–66.3)	8.4 (2.1–14.4)	17.5 (4.7–33.2)*
m. semitendinosus	13.6 (0.3–30.4)	46.7 (24.7–71.1)	5.4 (0.8–18.7)	34.5 (21.2–62.4)

^*Significantly different from the m. semitendinosus, p < 0.017.

Percentages of type I, type IIA, type IIAX, and type IIX are given as median (minimum–maximum).