why does exercise, and receptive movement become more automatic? example: i’ve been running more, and i’m barely aware my legs are moving now

Question

mostly in the title, but i’ll elaboration the latter bit— i’ve started running about four miles a day, and unless i’m a lil sore, i don’t notice my legs moving at all, sometimes even, i’ll go further than i mean to because i’m lost, thinking about something else. why, and how does this happen, and why does this become a sort of involuntary movement? thanks!

In: Biology

Answer 1

Your brain remembers movements. When you are learning a new activity, you have to fine-tune every step of the process. This requires getting sensory info, info from the muscle, and decide if it’s going correctly.

Once the ‘flow’ is defined, your brain condenses that whole process, and kicks out all the feedback you get back during the process. The whole thing is executed in one block, not pieces like it is when you’re learning