Muscle Memory

[agpando]

Does anybody agree with the statement that muscle memory exists? I have bee out of lifting for sometime due to a serious shoulder injury. I'm trying to regain my size back by the end of the summer, so I'm trying to bank on the fact taht once i get back into it that my body will respond accordingly.

 

[Reinheart]

Yes, it does exist and it's profound! After spending one year in the special forces i lost more than 20 pounds but it all seem to come back VERY easily nowadays! Better pumps, better endurance, bigger muscles, everything...!

 

[agpando]

How long did it take for you to regain everything? And did you do it naturally? What branch of the military did you do special forces with?

 

[Reinheart]

How long did it take for you to regain everything? And did you do it naturally? What branch of the military did you do special forces with?

I haven't gained all my mass back but i have gained a large part of it naturally in a two- three month period. I was an airborne navy seal. Are you in the army too?

 

[agpando]

I'm joining the army as soon as my doctor gives me the go ahead with my shoulder. I'm trying to do Calvary scout then possibly rangers. I was initially going navy but they aren't getting back to me or my friend who planned on joining. I was asking about the muscle memory thing because I'm trying to get sent out by the end of the summer early fall before school starts up, and I'd like to be in the same shape and size I was in before I got injured.

 

[Stretch]

BYE fred FUCK.

Fucking faggot quit spamming our site with your fake bullshit gear, bitch.

 

[Bigkarch]

the Doc took care of it...thks for your help

 

[Thickneck]

Easier to build a muscle back than to build it in the 1st place . A lot has to do with confidence . I know I can do this weight because I have handled it before . Should be called mind muscle memory .

 

[jmills]

I think it has something to do with having stretched out the muscles at some time. The way it was explained to me is that the muscles sit inside a tough "sack" of tissue...once that gets stretched out then the muscle tissue may shrink again, but thats one barrier thats removed when the proper emphasis is placed on the muscle to induce growth again...which makes it easier for the muscles to regain the former size and shape. This is one of the reasons Dante emphasises extreme stretching in his Dogg Crapp training program.
So yeah, theres definitely something to the concept. I'm sure there are several reasons for it, but I know I've came back after a lay-off much faster than it took me to get there originally. I think the stretching thing helps, and I also think the hard part is figuring out how to get there in the first place...so once you start over that also is one barrier thats been removed.

 

[SamSeven]

We've all heard of muscle memory but I wonder what the clinical term is that way one can research and read more about it and how it really works

 

[jasthace]

I meet a guy in aussie once that used to be a competitive power lifter for the state of Western Australia.He had'nt been in a gym for ten years.After rejoining and training with me,his lifts went past mine in about two -three months.I was only 21yo then{had been training for 4 years} he was around 30.

 

[Sorensenp]

I would appreciate the list's insight on a topic: "Muscle Memory". By the
way of a response I provided to a particular segment on a national radio
station late last year, I have been asked to provide some perspective on
this topic from the view of "What is it?", and "How does it work?". I have
already informed the 'requestee' that this is not a specialty area of mine
(directly), and that I will seek some sources for them.