'Muscle memory' isn't in the muscle at all. Ten thousand reps live in your cerebellum and basal ganglia, running the play so your thinking brain gets to sit the bench.
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Procedural (motor) learning — 'muscle memory' — is encoded by the cerebellum, basal ganglia, and motor cortex, not by muscle tissue itself.
Established neuroscience of procedural/motor learning (cerebellum, basal ganglia, motor cortex).
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