Eli5 how does your body know what type of muscle to use at any moment?

Question

As i know it, there are 2 different muscle types, one is for endurance and one is for strength. How does the body know which one to use at any fiven moment?

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Answer 1

Asking for an ELI5 for a question like this doesn’t really work. The brain and how it manages to control every tiny little aspect of our bodies is not fully understood by anyone. The best answer anyone could give is “because the brain learned to do it.”