zakruti.com » Sport, fitness, workout » Jeff Cavalier

Muscle Memory Explained (WITH STICK FIGURES)

video description

Rating: 4.0; Vote: 1

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 recruit more myonuclei. The best way to do this is to stress a muscle (either through increased tension, metabolic stress, or increased training frequency) which results in an inflammatory process that kick starts the recruitment of the satellite cells to the fiber. This will lead to a donation of the myonuclei which will set the stage for increased protein synthesis and long term growth. When you have to lay off the weights because of an injury or illness, you see that you do lose muscle size. That is normal and to be expected. Why? Because your body does not want to try and support that extra tissue metabolically, especially because it is not functionally beneficial while the priority is to fight off an infection or bug. That said, while the fibers may shrink the myonuclei and ultimately the size of the fiber they can support are unaffected or unchanged. When you get back to your hard workouts, you bounce back fast and your size returns quickly. This is the same reason why taking a forced break from your training every now and then can help to not only reinvigorate your enthusiasm for training but also give your body a chance to recover and grow. For a complete training program that blends the perfect amount of hard training with much needed recovery, be sure to head to and get the ATHLEAN-X Training System. Start training like an athlete and see just how quickly you can make gains in size, strength and performance with the leading sports physical therapist guiding your every workout
Date: 2022-04-22

← Santa is Fat (HOLIDAY MESSAGE)

Jeff Cavaliere EXCLUSIVE Footage (NEVER ON YOUTUBE) →

Related videos

Most Men Over 40 Can't Pass These Basic Fitness Tests (can you)

• Muscle Monsters

5 Things Men Over 40 Must Do After Every Workout

• Muscle Monsters

The 13 Best Fitness Books Ever Written

• Jeff Nippard

Building Muscle After 40 Is Hard, Until You Do This.

• Muscle Monsters

This Diet Plan Is Getting Men Over 40 Jacked!

• Muscle Monsters

STOP! If You See These Signs, It Means You're Gaining Fat (not muscle)

• Muscle Monsters

Comments and reviews: 10

ChelseaFC
Literally, I have experienced this thing in the past 2 days after returning to the gym from an 11-day rest after working out regularly for 3 months now.
My biceps have shrunk or weakened in thickness whenever I touched it during the break and I was eating on average 1500 calories per day (if not less, 1500 calories is best case scenario) due to sickness and lost about 1. 5 kg of weight, right away when I started again yesterday with the arm day I noticed an immediate change in the size and thickness of them, it felt like the same level of jump I got after 2 weeks of starting exercise 3 months ago; Equivalent of 2 weeks of gains in one day.
-
Now my question is, does protein add more of these dogs? To make it as simple as possible?
reply

Alex
Muscle memory is one of the bodies coolest features in my opinion. Not only does it allow you to keep alot of strength even after you stop working out, its responsible for alot of our coordination. With enough repitition your muscles can learn to do incredibly quick and complex movements with extreme precision, all without even having to think about it. Pretty much any proffesional athlete relies very heavily on muscle memory to perform their sports. Of course nervousness and anxiety can make you overthink things and mess yourself up. Thats why professional basketball players cant make every freethrow, even though logically it should be second nature to them.
reply

Christin
Thank you so much again, Jeff! This was exactly the question, I recently had at a class in my personal trainer studies and they weren't able to answer me that question, because it is -too scientific-. Instead, people around me always get annoyed, because I ask about the reason behind everything. Luckily, I have you by my side, who teaches me everything a good personal trainer should know about! :) Thank you for sharing your essential knowledge, so many people are lacking!
reply

Klentz007
This is pure gold. I'v been a powerlifter on and of the most of my life. The longest period was around 6 years. Also started bodybuilding a couple of times in shorter periods of around 2 years.
When life got in my way, a was out of the gym for a year or even more. And every time I start up my sport I'm being accused for steroids use. I am sick of it, and from now on, I will link this video to all the fat asses and skinny dudes who can do noting but being jealous.
reply

Richard
I'm confused. Do the circles inside the muscle fiber represent Satellite cells or myonuclei? I thought satellite cells multiply to generate more myonuclei to allow growth. At one point in the video Jeff says those circles are called satellite cells that provide myonuclei, but some seconds after he calls myonuclei to the circles themselves. Can someone clarify?
reply

Simon
This video made me a bit releifed. I used to train allot when I was 18-23 but then quit. And every time I tried to start to go to gym I just felt shit since I was so much weaker than I was. I will try to stick with it longer this time around at 29. Lets see how long it takes to lift 110kg in bench and 230kg Deadlift. I dont even know if I can bench 75kg now.
reply

North
at 5: 00 you said we can -likely- get the cells back? I haven't worked out since I was 22 and in 32 now, will I be able to get my size back with this muscle memory? how long do you think this will take. it took me about a year to get to where I was, I'm going allot sooner than that, hence why I haven't got back into it.
thanks
reply

JK
I know this is an old video, but I have a question. I badly broke both my wrists a year ago, I wasn't allowed to gym as the physio was scared id injure myself. if I had to start now would I be able to get all my gains back easier than when I first got them? It has been a year and I'm not sure how long muscle would keep memory
reply

Lee
Can someone explain why you would need to switch up your workouts up periodically? I've heard that the idea of muscle confusion is a myth, and I can't see how muscles would know what exercise you're doing so much as which muscle needs to grow to meet needs. Wouldn't a well rounded routine be sufficient long term?
reply

Jad
I'm 16. A week ago, at my peak, i weighed 58kg. I trained every other day (3-4 days a week. I gained quite some defenition but I got into a football accident & fractured my wrist which will take 6 weeks to recover.
Seeing as though muscle memory exists, how long will it take for me to regain muscle?
reply

Add a review, comment