Glycolysis produces considerably more ATP per mole of glucose than does oxidative phosphorylation.

Muscle fibres only begin producing ATP through oxidative metabolism once their glycogen stores have been depleted.

Fats can only be used as a metabolic fuel by slow oxidative Type I muscle fibres.

All types of muscle fibre can rapidly regenerate ATP, in the short term, through direct phosphorylation of ADP by creatine phosphate.