Muscles have memory?

This is something you here pretty often. And at first glance seems plausible. We have all worked out or practiced something for a period of time and stopped for whatever reason. Then gone back to working out and it doesn't take as long to get back in shape or regain your form.

I have often heard this is due to muscle memory. The truth is muscles don't have memory. There isn't a little brain in each muscle storing information for each action. It's your brain and nervous system that creates a pathway or neuronal network that remembers the task performed. The pathway is what is remembered by the brain. This is why it is easier to get in shape the second time around.