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Title: Muscle Memory??
Post by: mademan80 on February 20, 2009, 09:28:46 AM

Is it true that muscles do have memory? My friend was a kinesiology major in college and he told me it was true...that muscles tend to bounce back relatively quick provided you had them before any extensive break in training

Title: Re: Muscle Memory??
Post by: local hero on February 20, 2009, 09:54:22 AM

i think this is definatly true,,, if youve ever had to have a long lay off,, you can go from an ordinary looking bloke to somwhere near what u used to be in very little time, more so if your chemicaly enhanced


ive read that this is because youve already streched your fascia, dont know how true this is...

Title: Re: Muscle Memory??
Post by: mademan80 on February 20, 2009, 11:47:04 AM

yeah i mean there has to be some truth to it b/c i didnt workout consistently for about 2 years after hurricane katrina and i recently started working out hard again and my arms and chest are growing pretty fast but i have a feeling after about 3 months it'll slow down and im going to using performance enhancers ;)

Title: Re: Muscle Memory??
Post by: wes on February 20, 2009, 01:28:10 PM

Very true.........trust me,I wrote the book on losing and regaining muscle back in the day due to drugs and booze.

Also lost everry shred of muscle I had in 2001 after breaking 3 ribs..........got it all back and then some once I healed up and was able to train again.

Title: Re: Muscle Memory??
Post by: JasonH on February 20, 2009, 02:52:28 PM

I would say it's definitely true.

Title: Re: Muscle Memory??
Post by: mademan80 on February 20, 2009, 02:54:33 PM

yeah wes thats the main reason i dropped about 25lbs...rec drugs and booze...everything went out the window after that...not a very rewarding lifestyle working out and eating right def a better choice for me

Title: Re: Muscle Memory??
Post by: IrishMuscle84 on February 23, 2009, 04:10:48 PM

Quote from: mademan80 on February 20, 2009, 02:54:33 PM

yeah wes thats the main reason i dropped about 25lbs...rec drugs and booze...everything went out the window after that...not a very rewarding lifestyle working out and eating right def a better choice for me

Shit, going through a same situation. Took some time off from lifting back in august, and during that time got hooked back on some shit after being clean for 5yrs and everything kind just went downhill. By november training/eating were non-existant. :-\

Title: Re: Muscle Memory??
Post by: Shawdow on February 24, 2009, 06:34:22 PM

That's the great thing about it, once you gain it, you can not go back down in muscle size.
It would suck working for all that muscle for years just to take 3 months off because of a leg injury and lose it all and have to start
all over again.

Title: Re: Muscle Memory??
Post by: mademan80 on February 25, 2009, 09:25:28 PM

muscles strength must be the first to come back,then stamina, and eventually size...at least thats the order it works for me...i wish it were size first though