Muscle Memory Explained (WITH STICK FIGURES!)

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See your fastest gains ever with this - http://athleanx.com/x/fastgains Subscribe to this channel here - http://bit.ly/2b0coMW You have likely heard the term muscle memory, but do you really know what it means and what its implications are for your training and workouts? In this video, I’m going to show you how the process of muscle memory exists and why it should ease your mind when you are forced to take some time away from the gym due to illness, family issues, injury or any other reason. No, you won’t lose all your hard earned gains long term. In fact, you might even benefit from the layoff. You see, as you build new muscle tissue, the muscle fibers grow in size. That said, they ultimately reach a growth potential limit that is driven by the regulators of the fiber size called the myonuclei. These cellular powerhouses are contributed to a growing muscle fiber by the satellite cells that surround the fibers and ultimately bind to it as the result of muscle stress and inflammation (ie. after a particularly hard training session). Once recruited, these myonuclei tend to stick around for awhile, a long while! Even though the fiber itself may shrink in size due to the inactivity caused by a layoff from your workouts, the myonuclei stay in the same number. This is important because they are ultimately determining the size of the fiber’s growth. With a limited capacity of growth (called the myonuclear domain), the only way to increase a fiber’s size is to ultimately r

Published 2016-12-28 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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