“Muscle Memory” is Real and Here’s How It Works (2018)

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If you’ve spent any amount of time lifting weights, taken a break for a bit, and then started back up again, you probably noticed that you seemed to regain strength and size much quicker than the first time around.
Well, this isn’t your mind playing tricks on you-the acceleration in progress is a scientifically verified phenomenon often referred to as “muscle memory,” but what is actually going on?
Neurological mechanisms can explain the rapid regain of strength, but not muscle size. Do muscle fibers have some sort of “memory” of their previous, more conditioned states? Or is something else responsible for these effects?
Let’s find out.
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@MikeMatthewsFitness 4 жыл бұрын

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@HDRBGaming Жыл бұрын

So you’re saying u can gain muscle after 20 years of non weight lifting?

@jakeb2380 6 жыл бұрын

I got incredibly sick from a staph infection last october. I was bed ridden for 3 weeks, not eating and not really moving. When I got out of the hospital I had dropped from 175 to 140. I thought it was going to take me at least 6 months to get back to my pre sickness days. I didn't even take me 2 months. I was amazed at how fast it came back.

@FromDream2RealityNow 5 жыл бұрын

Your whole body has fitness memory. It goes with muscle as well as cardio health as well. Regaining my wind by running happens much quicker than the first time I ever built it up. But any memory only occurs up into the point of your last highest state of fitness. Then it’s like new territory again. Many will falsely perceive this as a “plateau” when in fact, they’re progress has slowed because your body is in uncharted territory, so your progress at that point will be at the same rate as the first time you ever worked out in your life.

@leonardoherrera4361 4 жыл бұрын

Very refreshing to watch. I’ve put so much time, work and dedication the last 3 years. I 6 weeks ago I had a ac separation injury while biking but I’m still keeping on my diet, keeping fit and active but I can’t lift much weights with upper body so I’ve lost a lot of size and its definitely been messing with my head. But keeping positive and keep thinking one day eventually can train back to it again and watching this videos is reassurance. Thank you.

@DutchLiam84 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the video. I've always been fairly skinny and decided to start weight lifting 3 years ago. Lifted for 1 year, gained 40 pounds (20 of which was fat, ate way too much). Then I got an injury on my shoulder that caused me to quit. Now, 2 years later I started lifting again, irregularly and without proper diet, but at least 130 grams of protein per day. I gained 6 pounds of muscle within the first 4 weeks and got noticeably bigger. My girlfriend loves it. I'm lazy and quit working out after 4 months but it's nice to know that whenever I do I can gain muscle back fairly quickly, even after so much time has passed. Muscle memory is definitely real.

@cbxr7506 6 жыл бұрын

DutchLiam84 a natural lifter will never be able to gain more than 1.5 - 2 lbs of muscle per month.

@christru22 6 жыл бұрын

CBXR750 it probably wouldnt take 4 weeks, but If you gained 4 pounds in 4 months, it would probably only take 2 months, maybe less to get back to that. It took me a month in a half to get back what took me 4 months

@kartiksaini4828 3 жыл бұрын

@@christru22 8:00 here is your ans.

@travislester2358 6 жыл бұрын

Went almost a year and now gained back almost in 1 month its pretty Amazing Thankfully.

@tristanhissong6554 6 жыл бұрын

That really gives me hope. I've recently had surgery and will be allowed to lift at 6 months, but no shoulder work for a year. It began to give me post-op depression because I would always get compliments on my muscles and body but after two weeks of not working out, I already feel smaller. But to hear that you went almost a year (much like my situation) and you gained all your muscle back in about a month gives me hope. Thank you.

@UpstateBreezy 5 жыл бұрын

Really? That’s dope bro. I’m about to get back into it myself. Haven’t worked out in almost a year. Hopefully I can gain it back just as fast.

@neslisultan 5 жыл бұрын

Travis Lester 100% happened to me too!

@PaulVuTV 5 жыл бұрын

I’m in the process of this one year very minimal training and I’m already noticing changes! Crazy!!

@doula2010 5 жыл бұрын

You are a very good communicator.

@Sgw0p 5 жыл бұрын

doula2010 facts

@Andrew-el8xi 5 жыл бұрын

This is very good news for me as I was ill and lost it all ..I've started training again and already feel strength coming back

@gracehall9199 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the info. This information was exactly what i was looking for. ❤

@jonathanstafford5159 5 жыл бұрын

Great JOB ! you did well explaining M.M .

@seahorses_forever839 4 жыл бұрын

Great video Mike. Been following your bigger leaner stronger program for awhile and am very pleased with results. Had to take 3 months off from the gym and am back full swing and notice that I am putting original size back on very quickly. Thanks for the in depth explanation of why that may be happening

@MikeMatthewsFitness 4 жыл бұрын

Np! Glad you are seeing results. Keep up the good work. :)

@Tyler-rx9im 6 жыл бұрын

Good stuff mike

@pastlink98 6 жыл бұрын

Haha Mike was Quagmire from the Family Guy ! Awesome content as always.

@bailylittlewood5755 3 жыл бұрын

Very informative!

@bretoba 6 жыл бұрын

Mike, your videos are really great. I hope to build many nuclei for my future. So say we all.

@leoerus Жыл бұрын

I've suffered several injuries that left me losing all gains But this, even years later, gives me hope Thank you for making this

@MikeMatthewsFitness Жыл бұрын

🙌

@neslisultan 5 жыл бұрын

I was a bikini athlete and quite muscular. I went through a bad 4years where I could hardly train due to sickness. I even went on medication which made me catabolic. Incredibly in just a few months I’ve bounced back to ALMOST exactly what I used to be. Nutrition is important though.

@stevemunnery2265 6 жыл бұрын

I was aware that the "memory" was there from training hard then taking time off, training hard again. This was the explanation I was looking for. Thanks for spending the time to research it.

@xephondp 5 жыл бұрын

very useful, thanks

@kevin711497 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the info was a bit reluctant to workout again after tearing my labrum and having surgery

@davidwitt3547 6 жыл бұрын

kevin711497 yeah man, i know labrum tears are rough, I injured my shoulder a while back and jumped back in a year ago. I don't know if your tear was in your pelvis or shoulder but Mike has a great supplement for joint health on legion.

@MikUHatSunENekoChan 6 жыл бұрын

Please talk about sciatic nerve ! I can’t go to the gym 😞

@jayaseto 3 жыл бұрын

Haven’t hit the gym since Dec, just started last week & this week seems I’ve gained about 1/4 of what I lost & wouldn’t be far fetched that I’d gain at least 90% my initial size

@ursula8390 5 ай бұрын

I'm a 57 year old woman, only been back in the gym for 1 year, 6 months, after not working out for over 15 years, lost all my muscle mass when I lost 62 lbs., intermediate fasting. I had no hope...Well, I'm ecstatic! My muscles have returned and my biceps are even larger. Muscle memory is REAL.

@jol7754 4 ай бұрын

How long did it take for getting back you’re muscles, I stopped for 18 years and want go back to the gym

@mikeanthony8699 6 жыл бұрын

What about muscle nuclei that was added from the use of AAS? Does that stay just as long?

@beausemmler5087 5 жыл бұрын

"Thats my spiel on muscle memory, I hope you like it" I loved it sir, very informative :)

@swan20051395 6 жыл бұрын

Interesting fact: I stop training for one year and I would never get my biceps to grow and they would be platued for two years at 12.5". Started off at like 10". Anyways after that year of not training I was back to 11". Then I hit the gym and in 6 months I was making better gains then before . Arms blew up to 14" flexed. It might have to do with mToR being reset when I wasn't training. Would like to find out more about It

@alexd9341 6 жыл бұрын

Have you worked with middle-aged men who haven't done regular resistance training in at least a decade? Do they regain muscle faster even after 10 yrs than a similarly aged person who has never lifted? And how noticeable was the difference? Trying to motivate my dad.

@craigdenniston 5 ай бұрын

What's the recommended time to stay on a cut just whenever u feel u want to change back to bulk or is there any beneficial time for being on a cut not including summer

@enrique372 5 жыл бұрын

As someone who has taken Testosterone Enanthate I can say 100% I have noticed that since stopping usage of the drugs which would probably be a good two to three or more years now, recently getting back into the gym after about 3 years off, only in the last few weeks of working out again that i have gained a notable amount of size and that my body is responding to the workouts phenomenally.

@mahehahee Жыл бұрын

Should you train like a "regular newbie" if you used to lift? had around 3,4,5 plate bench squat deadlift when i quit 9 years ago, was 19 now 28.

@setphaze 3 жыл бұрын

What if you worked out 2 years 5 days a week hour and 30 minutes a day then stop for two years how fast will you gain muscle back?

@bennygilligan 6 жыл бұрын

Funny about the cast i ruptured my achilles tendon when I took of my cast i could not believe the amount of size i lost in my calf and it is still smaller to this day for some reason no matter what i do

@ikerez7367 5 жыл бұрын

Ive been away from the gym for 2 months now, and in that period i literally did nothing, didnt eat good etc. I was in the best shape ever, but now lost 8kg, and look like a pudding.. went to the gym for a comeback today and was weak as fuck, please tell me theres hope for me until the summer.. i need to Get back to where i was

@381heather 3 жыл бұрын

20 ago years former gymnast. I can still feel the muscles responding. Mother of identical twins....it's taken 14 years. Abdominal muscles are coming back finally. At one point in the gym 3 days a week.

@ginnyranella7274 3 жыл бұрын

Its interesting to note that even patients who have suffered severe brain damage from strokes which results in restricted capability to remember, recall or recoup prior brain abilities can recover significantly, if not completely, by training the brain to bypass the broken pathways and build new neural pathways that eventually establish new brain pathways that allow reconnection to areas of brain that were previously inaccessible due to damaged connectors, or pathways. It takes months of hard work and specialized trainers knowledgeable in neuroscience to achieve this rebuilding process, but the outcome can result in a patients partial, or full recovery of pre stroke mental abilities.

@marjcalisthenics461 2 жыл бұрын

great vid

@MikeMatthewsFitness 2 жыл бұрын

🙌

@craigdenniston 5 ай бұрын

I was off for just over 2 month I wouid say and in all honesty took me maybe best part of 2 week to get my muscle memory finctioning properly again and just to get used to what a was lifting before hand I'm OK now but am surprised it only took 2 weeks I've known it to be a whole lot longer with others and things I'm taking its different for everyone ?

@AbhishekSharma-vq8ly 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Mike I read a article of Brad schonfeld about on much total weekly sets is good nd in article he says 10 to 12 sets So mu question is 10 to 12 sets is good for every body type Means Ectomorph body type Or volume is little bit high If intensity is high Or what's totally sets in a week u prefer for ectomorph body type

@MikeMatthewsFitness 3 жыл бұрын

10-20 sets per week per muscle group is generally good depending on workout experience. Check these out: legionathletics.com/how-many-sets-build-muscle/ legionathletics.com/body-types/

@MightyKern 6 жыл бұрын

Very Encouraging as someone who trained down and is training up again

@ZEZZMASTER 3 жыл бұрын

Is it the same for lodeing weight?

@blessed3228 2 жыл бұрын

The only people that are saying theres no muscle memory, are the same people that never had any muscle, for their muscles memory to remember, in the 1st place Lol Lol Lol

@nottheone582 6 жыл бұрын

As a former youth athlete I've definitely noticed I've progressed quicker than non-athletic people. Probably not 100% muscle memory, but it definitely plays a part!

@kibbit1373 4 жыл бұрын

Broke my arm, teared a ligament apart. 4 Months later I was allowed to start again.

@runningdigits 4 жыл бұрын

thanks, bradley cooper

@shidoin5398 11 ай бұрын

I stopped training for 6 years. In two months i gained back most of my size with proper diet and legal supplements

@klausnenninger3410 6 жыл бұрын

Does muscle memory work in a caloric deficit?

@ByronMorrison 6 жыл бұрын

Klaus Nenninger no. Only in surplus

@neslisultan 5 жыл бұрын

No but if you’ve started in a surplus and then after a good solid few months you go into a deficit you should be ok.

@breakfastenjoyer 4 жыл бұрын

Yes it does don't listen to these fools. As long as you've got at least 20% body fat on you, running a caloric deficit and lifting will give you those gains back. Watch any body recomposition video.

@clearaswater4424 5 жыл бұрын

What if you take 1 &1/2 off? Yikes i did that.😖😩

@neslisultan 5 жыл бұрын

Caramel Gazelle you’ll be fine! Depending on what your level of muscularity was before.

@Xp8riot. Жыл бұрын

It must be my muscles figment of "imagination " every time I go back into the gym after a long lay off for whatever reason .. to come back fast to its old size.. in about 4 weeks .. maybe my muscles never got the memo that it's not real :)))))

@MikeMatthewsFitness Жыл бұрын

🙌

@camyllewood9605 6 жыл бұрын

I lifted pretty intensely in high school while in a constant caloric surplus. I quit lifting for a year post-high school, then went back to the gym, lost a ton of body fat and built all my previous muscle back within about a year while in a mild caloric deficit. Muscle memory is totally a thing.

@talisikid1618 4 ай бұрын

No such thing as muscle memory. Only the brain can memorize. Get it straight.

@Adam-ir4ck Ай бұрын

I went gym for years.. had some health issues didn't go for over a year. Lost everything. Went back to the gym and was back where a was in a couple of months. So something happens

@tugitime 5 жыл бұрын

You’re reading this from somewhere

@SongOnLyrics 5 жыл бұрын

do you really have to say so many irrelevant things? geez. you turned 3 minutes into 12 for nothing

@Chenner11 5 жыл бұрын

shut the fuck up idiot

@neslisultan 5 жыл бұрын

SongOnLyrics felt like every bit of info was super interesting

@skinnymoonbob 11 ай бұрын

I trained for 10 years, sometimes a bit less intense than others. Took me initially 2 years to really shape up. Then I stopped for one year completely. Lost muscle mass. Now after 2 months quite intense training I am back where I was at my peak. Nuclei seem to be permanent 🫶🏼

@tzahi12370 9 ай бұрын

2 months really?