Cathe, how long is a muscle's "memory"?
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RE: Cathe, how long is a muscle's
Hi - Not Cathe here, but from my own personal experience: a muscle memory can last as long as 20 years (or maybe longer?). I took tang soon do (a form of karate) about 20 years ago. My body still remembers exactly how to kick, punch, etc. When I work out to Cathe's kickboxing workouts, I try very hard to perform the punches and kicks as she does, but my body wants to do them the way I was taught many years ago, and if I'm not concentrating, my muscles will do exactly that. The muscles in my legs especially remember and I have never experienced DOMS from the kickboxing workouts like I have with the other workouts.
I can't say it is any easier to get back into shape after not working out for many years
- but, my legs, arms, and abdominals remember exactly how to work out to kickboxing.
Hi - Not Cathe here, but from my own personal experience: a muscle memory can last as long as 20 years (or maybe longer?). I took tang soon do (a form of karate) about 20 years ago. My body still remembers exactly how to kick, punch, etc. When I work out to Cathe's kickboxing workouts, I try very hard to perform the punches and kicks as she does, but my body wants to do them the way I was taught many years ago, and if I'm not concentrating, my muscles will do exactly that. The muscles in my legs especially remember and I have never experienced DOMS from the kickboxing workouts like I have with the other workouts.
I can't say it is any easier to get back into shape after not working out for many years
- but, my legs, arms, and abdominals remember exactly how to work out to kickboxing.