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'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.
'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. save this and send it to the gym bro
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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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