Why can't you fly?
Seriously. Why can't you just lift yourself off the ground and fly around in the air?
Haven't you ever had a dream where you were flying without the assistance of some mechanical device? I know I have. More importantly, I remember having those dreams, and I remember some of the content of those dreams. So... since I remember (a key point to your question) flying, why can't I fly now? If, as you postulate, my mind can remember how and what my body has done, shouldn't I be able to do that again?
The problem with that postulate, is the following assumption:
if your mind can remember how and what your body has done
There is absolutely NO PROOF or even speculation within the Total Recall canon that the memory of how you did what you did was implanted in your memory. You were simply given the memories of having done those things. You are not given the memories of the years of training and the years of experience a spy received in addition to the two weeks of the life of a spy that you paid for, when you purchase a two week "Life of a Spy" vacation package. You are only given those two weeks. So, you were never given the memory of how something was done, just that it was done.
There are countless real world examples of people looking back at personal experiences, and not being able to recall how they did something even immediately after doing it. Those are people who actually did do something, and still can't remember how or actually be able to repeat the action. On a related note, there are also a large number of people who can repeat actions without being able to explain how they do them, because of their training. They can respond almost instinctively without applying conscious thought.
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