Explain in detail why fast-twitch fibers will use anaerobic respiration rather than aerobic respiration even though aerobic respiration is about 20 times more efficient in terms of ATP produced per each glucose molecule?

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Explain in detail why fast-twitch fibers will use anaerobic respiration rather than aerobic respiration even though aerobic respiration is about 20 times more efficient in terms of ATP produced per each glucose molecule? 

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