M.D. Lifting weights makes you faster and improves coordination in all sports requiring strength. When you strengthen a muscle, you train the white fibers that also make you faster, so strength training helps you move faster. Strength training can even improve coordination in all events requiring strength.
Stronger muscles use fewer fibers for the same task and therefore are easier to control.
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