The training regimen of a competitive weight lifter is designed partly to ________

A) lower the threshold for muscle excitation
B) convert certain parallel muscles into stronger pennate muscles
C) increase the size of his motor units
D) convert white muscle tissue to red muscle
E) increase the average number of myofibrils per muscle fiber


E

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