muscle memory
Muscle memory is your friend if you have to take a break from strength training. It’s good to know that, thanks to what’s happening at the cellular level, it’s a little easier and faster the second time around.
Strength training gains are reversible, right? If you stop training for a while, you lose all of your gains. Not necessarily! A study suggests that some of the changes are permanent and this makes it easier for you to “regrow” and “re-strengthen” your muscles should you take a long break.
You’ve heard of the concept of muscle memory, right? Well, now scientists think they know why it happens and how it works. Find out why it’s easier to build strength the second time around even if you take a break.
The thought of taking a few weeks or a month or two off from training might scare you, but there’s something working in your favor – muscle memory. Muscle memory means you don’t have to start all over again if you stop training for a while. How does it work? Learn more about the science of muscle memory and how it helps you rebuild strength quickly.
If you’ve worked hard to build muscle strength, you probably won’t voluntarily take long periods of time off from training. On the other hand, there may be circumstances like surgery or injury that you have to. What happens to your muscles when you stop lifting weights and how easy is it to get your strength back?
You haven’t ridden a bicycle in years. Yet despite your lack of recent pedaling experience, you’re still able to hop on a bike and go for a spin. Ever wondered why? It all has to do with “muscle memory.” Despite the name, muscle memory really has more to do with brain pathways than it does muscle fibers. Here’s why muscle memory is such a powerful force when it comes to riding a bike or maintaining a toned physique.
Because of muscle memory getting strength and muscle definition back won’t take as long the second time around if you have to take a break.
Find out more about what happens when you take a long break from exercise and how you can still maintain some of your fitness.
Our story is one of success, getting sidelined and “Starting Over”. Last year my husband, Dave and I did STS all the way thru for the very first time right before the 2009 Cathe roadtrip. And, what a SHOCK TRAINING SYSTEM it is! My body is very stubborn when it comes to change or seeing
