Is there such thing as muscle memory

[tan27]

I looked on the internet and there is nothing out there.

I didn't lift weights for close to 7 months and started back about 5 weeks ago and in about another month or I will be back to where I was before I got pregnant. I was lifting for over a year.

 

[JLo]

My personal experience is that when I take time off at the gym, I bounce back in no time. Whereas people just starting out would take months, maybe years to get to where I am.

I think it comes back quick if you had it for a while before, personally.

 

[Nonerz]

I looked on the internet and there is nothing out there.

often misnomered as "muscle memory" -- it is actually "motor memory"

here is a little blip on the basic principle...

http://www.ifyouski.com/Technique/Alpineskiing/Skills/Memory/

...just gotta know where/what to ask!

 

[bignate73]

the CNS will get back to full speed rather quickly following a period of inactivity, but as nonerz said, its not the muscle that remembers, its the motor units recruited that "remember". movement patterns and increased proficiency is not a matter of the mover but the controller of the mover.

remember "muscles are dumb."