Muscle memory is real, but it’s probably not what you think. The term can refer to two different things.

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Shooting a free throw involves an immense amount of muscle memory.
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▼ Whether or not you’ve resolved to get into shape this January, Muscle  Monthis here to teach you a thing or two about stretching, contracting, lifting, tearing, gaining, and so much more.
Unlike octopuses, we don’t have brains in our limbs. So we can’t really “remember” anything in our arms and legs. But it’s true that once you learn how to do something physical—whether it be riding a bike or deadlifting—it becomes easier and easier to do it without thinking. It surefeelslike your body remembers how to do it.
Most people are referring to this phenomenon when they talk about “muscle memory,” but when biologists and neuroscientists study it they mean at least two  slightly different things. Your understanding is probably some combination of two basic ideas, though only one actually happens inside your muscles.
Memory in your muscle fibers
If you’ve never held a barbell in your life, the first time you try working out with one it’ll probably feel heavy and awkward. You’ll need to work your way up to  lifting impressive poundage. But if you take a break from working out and return months later, you’ll find it’s much easier to get back up to the weights you were lifting before. And the same is true no matter what your exercise of  choice—it’s simply easier to put lost muscle back on than it is to bulk up for the first time.
Some biologists have done elaborate experiments in recent years to try to figure out why that is. Their current theory: that even as muscles shrink, muscle cells stick around.
See, when you stress your muscles  to the point of hypertrophy, they  grow new cells to get stronger.  (▪ ▪ ▪)

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Srinivas1939

Interesting explanation to a phenomenon we have all experienced but did not understand fully.