A question of strength and muscle memory
Discussion
Do the informed masses on here believe in Muscle memory?
Ok before Christmas I had a lot on for a few months, Moving home, Busy at work blah blah and I had probably at least 4-6 months off the gym.
My diet was completely s
t and I lost most of my strength when I hit the gym in the middle of Jan. No excuses i've been a lazy git but i've been back a few weeks and getting back into the swing of things.
Now i've had a few months lay off with the odd workout thrown in but i've noticed since i've been back for 2-3 weeks i've regained probably 90% of my strength.
No magic potions and certainly nothing dodgy i've just upped my diet with protein with a few shakes chucked in and pushed some weights.
After doing nowt for 4-6 months i'm pretty amazed that after only 2-3 weeks i've regained most of my strength.
Has anyone noticed this after a lay off?
What I will say is i'll probably struggle now to add any strength over and above what i'm pushing now and gains will probably be small.
Ok before Christmas I had a lot on for a few months, Moving home, Busy at work blah blah and I had probably at least 4-6 months off the gym.
My diet was completely s
t and I lost most of my strength when I hit the gym in the middle of Jan. No excuses i've been a lazy git but i've been back a few weeks and getting back into the swing of things.Now i've had a few months lay off with the odd workout thrown in but i've noticed since i've been back for 2-3 weeks i've regained probably 90% of my strength.
No magic potions and certainly nothing dodgy i've just upped my diet with protein with a few shakes chucked in and pushed some weights.
After doing nowt for 4-6 months i'm pretty amazed that after only 2-3 weeks i've regained most of my strength.
Has anyone noticed this after a lay off?
What I will say is i'll probably struggle now to add any strength over and above what i'm pushing now and gains will probably be small.
"Muscle memory" is a bro-science myth in the usual form of thick s misunderstanding basic biology and proven mechanics.
Of course muscle has no memory. They are not a brain. That is what your brain is. What is really is, is you have developed more motor-neuron connections, ultimately meaning your brain (central nervous system - CNS) and your spine/reactive muscle system (peripheral nervous system - PNS) have been trained how to activate your muscle fibres more efficiently.
This means you can activate more muscle fibres equating to more strength from less muscle and also means you can regain muscle strength faster by retraining muscle more quickly by good technique, fibre activation and CNS "learned skills" that took you months or years to gain otherwise.
s misunderstanding basic biology and proven mechanics.Of course muscle has no memory. They are not a brain. That is what your brain is. What is really is, is you have developed more motor-neuron connections, ultimately meaning your brain (central nervous system - CNS) and your spine/reactive muscle system (peripheral nervous system - PNS) have been trained how to activate your muscle fibres more efficiently.
This means you can activate more muscle fibres equating to more strength from less muscle and also means you can regain muscle strength faster by retraining muscle more quickly by good technique, fibre activation and CNS "learned skills" that took you months or years to gain otherwise.
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