After young adults stop working out intensely for 12 weeks, their muscles still keep certain chemical 'tags' that changed during training—even though their muscle energy function goes back to normal.

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Human skeletal muscle possesses an epigenetic memory of high intensity interval training affecting mitochondrial function

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After intense training, the muscles 'remember' the workout through chemical tags that stay even when fitness drops. This study found those tags remained after 12 weeks of not exercising, just like the claim says.

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Human skeletal muscle possesses an epigenetic memory of high intensity interval training affecting mitochondrial function

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DOI: 10.1152/physiol.2023.38.s1.5734999

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