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Re:The Zen of Weight Lifting by radicalbyte on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @02:35PM (#21641791)
Muscle memory is real. I had a break of about 2 months because of having a baby. It took two weeks to get back to my old weights and that includes taking it easy after the DOMS :)

Sadly the extra kilos gained in that time will take longer to vanish.

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Re:The Zen of Weight Lifting by enz on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @09:41PM (#21644834)
Even for longer periods it works! (Except for DOMS if too long)

Besides, since force is a neurological stuff, you « memorize » lifted weight as you memorize playing guitar or riding a bike. It takes a short period of time to get started again, but the neural connections stay for sure.

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