They're divided lengthwise into segments called sarcomeres, which contain two even tinier strands of protein — two different kinds of myofilaments called actin and myosin.
A sarcomere contains both thin filaments, made up mostly of two light and twisty actin strands, and thick filaments, composed of thicker, lumpy-looking myosin strands.
If another action potential travels down before that can happen, even more calcium gets released, which ends up exposing more actin for myosin to bind to, and that means more force in that fiber.