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A team led by Diego Hernandez-Saavedra, standing, and Clay Weidenhamer found that mitochondria play a key role in muscle memory, ramping up energy production in the muscles during retraining after a lapse in aerobic exercise. These changes coincide with significant gains in muscle mass. 

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