You feel you're not accomplishing anything because of "muscle memory" - this is a great insight - thanks a lot for that. Where did you get this phrase from?
It's when you've done something so many times your brain has pathways for it so you can do it unconsciously.
It's like riding a bike. There are like 10 things going on at the same time and you don't even think about them once you know how to ride a bike.. your brain is doing a lot of the work in the background.
Heck even using your balance to walk around is the same thing.
Muscle memory still happens in the brain. A better description might be unconscious memory. I believe the proper term is "procedural memory". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procedural_memory
> When a movement is repeated over time, a long-term muscle memory is created for that task, eventually allowing it to be performed without conscious effort.
But this article is about enhanced muscle recovery and volume, not about motor learning. I wonder if that's an abuse of the term "muscle memory" or just a different sense. I'm not finding that sense used in a quick search. But the term is also used in the review paper that this article is about, so apparently it has a specialized sense in that discipline.
According to Wikipedia muscle memory as retained skills isn't about muscle fibers, but neurons.
Muscle memory is generally for referring to higher order things like blocking in a fight, swinging a bat, and other fast reactions that get better through practice instead of thought. Eg actions that your brain higher order plans but isn't thought by many to be consciously controlled. In fact when you think about a lot of these things consciously you mess up. Think throwing darts, shooting pool, etc.
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