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Endurance training builds slow fibres, while short powerful lifting relies on fast glycolytic fibres and thickens them through:

AHypotension
BHypoglycaemia
CHypothermia
DHypertrophy
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Hypertrophy
1. No new fibres are created by training. 2. Instead structural proteins and myofibrils are added to existing ones. 3. That thickening is hypertrophy. _Source: OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology 2e, Chapter 10, Muscle Tissue._
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