What is Muscle Memory?
Everyone has heard the term “muscle memory”. It’s commonly used to describe muscles that have already been built and the process of bringing them back after inactivity. I’m sure we all remember when we were in the best shape of our lives. We created 3rd Chance Fitness™ and Muscle Memory whey protein to help you feel like the best shape of your life is now!
When an active person repeatedly trains movement, often of the same activity, in an effort to stimulate the mind’s adaptation process, the outcome is to induce physical changes which lead to increased levels of accuracy through repetition. The colloquial term "muscle memory" is commonly used to describe this.
Muscle memory is fashioned over time through repetition of a given set of motor skills and the ability, through brain activity, to instill it such that they become automatic. Even such simple, everyday activities as brushing your teeth or buttering toast are second nature to us only because of the phenomenon called muscle memory.
So what does muscle memory mean for you? Well, the good news is that even though your body doesn’t look or perform like it did when you were younger, with a little work your muscles will “remember” their previous condition and return to it with less effort than you might think!
