if i stop working out for a month will i lose muscle
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03-04-2005, 11:44 PM #1Registered User
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how long does it take to u see lose muscle
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03-04-2005, 11:50 PM #2Banned
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No.
Unless you stopped eating.
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03-05-2005, 09:16 PM #3Registered User
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In a month off I'll lose a little size and a considerable amount of strenght, but it comes back in a week or so. I also find that a few sessions of circut training helps to get all my mucles to tighten up. I wouldent try going hevey right away after a month off, you might hurt yourself.
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03-06-2005, 06:19 AM #4Registered User
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we are talking muscle memory here...yes, it comes back.....but YES, you do lose lean tissue if you don't lift for a month.....you could eat a ton of food, gain weight and appear that you didn't lose size, but your body composition would give away the change in proportions of fat to lean....
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03-06-2005, 07:37 PM #5Operatic member
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Anything over 72 hours is a step backwards.
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03-06-2005, 08:13 PM #6Originally Posted by trem0lo
so your saying to train a body part more than once?
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03-06-2005, 08:14 PM #7Former 130 lb skinnyboy!
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I´m currently taking some time off , i lost about 10 lbs in 45 days .....i `m still eating but not as much as before
5'11 @ 220lbs.
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03-06-2005, 10:00 PM #8Sac-Town
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This is my second month off, and I have lost a good amount of size. The areas that are really noticable are my quads and my chest. Kinda strange
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03-07-2005, 06:21 AM #9the kkk took my baby away
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anyone else? I like to know to because I'm thinking of taking a month or so off, I'm getting injury prone, and my whole body hurts.
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03-07-2005, 03:44 PM #10MMIX
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go for it. i usually take 1 or 2 months off a year to let my body recuperate. by time that month is up you're dying to get back in the gym.
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03-07-2005, 09:37 PM #11I bent my wookie
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i have not trained for 12 months (took time off, boredeom) after 4 yrs non stop training.
My muscle definition is down by 5-10%, which isnt bad for over a yr off.
I am going to go back into it in a few weeks. My strength is down a SH!T load.
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03-08-2005, 11:06 AM #12Used Registerer ?
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Yeah i just got back in the gym a couple weeks ago after taking 5 months off.....I was going for a Year and a half straight before that!
I started eating crap food which I hadnt touched in forever like cookies and other crap, no Fast Food, juice or Pop though...havent touched that stuff in Years
Anyways, I gained some fat (really couldnt have used that) maybe lost a little size, but the Big thing is my Strength is down So much!
My Weights are down 1/3 on everything.....it feels aweful..and they're not really increasing very much.
But Maybe its still too soon, I just feel like Richard Simmons in the gym now
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03-08-2005, 05:30 PM #13I bent my wookie
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i know what you mean re strength. When i used to take 2 weeks off over xmas i lost alot of strength (came back within 2 weeks) and now i have taken 12 months off!!Originally Posted by 1dayIWillBeBig
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03-08-2005, 06:50 PM #14Registered User
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Depends on your genetics. People with good genetics will retain muscle for longer, those with not so good will lose it quicker ...Originally Posted by I'm soreanyone else? I like to know to because I'm thinking of taking a month or so off, I'm getting injury prone, and my whole body hurts.
Generally speaking, yes if you take a month off you will lose some muscle. Don't sweat it and take a break, though - you'll be able to quickly gain back what you lose due to muscle memory.
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03-09-2005, 07:24 AM #15Used Registerer ?
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Interesting, Muscle Memory seems to be spitting into my face!
But my question is, Muscle Memory..we're talking Size
does it have anything to do with Strength? because I took a big break and didnt lose much size, but strength is horribly down?!
*I wonder if I can use that too my advantage* Hmmmmmm.....
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03-09-2005, 07:41 AM #16Registered User
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Both.Originally Posted by 1dayIWillBeBig
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03-09-2005, 08:50 AM #17Banned
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I'm the kind of person that doesn't whanna take extra day's off at all, never... ever... I don't like being soft damn it, and then it takes about my paitience limit to gain my old strenght and "looks" back.
BUT, this kind of made my spirit up in the sky's
, it's a quote from dexter:
"Thanks everyone... I'm glad it's over but my job isn't finished. I still have the San Fran this weekend. After that then it's "Vacation Time". Going to Romania for a couple of weeks and wont be thinking about a gym for a couple of months. Need to rest my body!!!! I will be heading out first thing in the Mourning for the San Fran and I will take my laptop, posting every chance I get. Wish me luck!"
No, it doesn't mean I'm gonna take off and start jerking off, it means I don't get scared if I'm forced to have a week off if I get a cold or if I get injured.
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03-10-2005, 11:33 AM #18the kkk took my baby away
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So if I take a month or two off, and I have mediocre genetics-not good, but not awful, and I'm still natural, how much size should I expect to lose on my arms, quads? And with muscle memory do you gain the size back quickly or the strength, or both? Right now I bench 215 for 6 on the top set, what do you think it will drop to if I take say 1-2 months off? and how long will it take for me to be back at 215 for 6? Any help is greatly appreciated.
Last edited by I'm sore; 03-10-2005 at 11:37 AM.
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03-10-2005, 01:19 PM #19Registered User
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If a training stimulus is removed altogether, the body WILL get rid of the that "un-needed muscle".
The body hates muscle, why would it bother maintaining it if its not in use?
, it's a quote from dexter:
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