After stopping lifting you lose the strength and muscles you gained right?
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02-12-2019, 04:57 AM #1
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02-12-2019, 05:00 AM #2
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02-12-2019, 05:59 AM #3
No, not necessarily. You will lose a certain amount of strength and stamina depending on how long your layoff has been. But if your strength and fitness level were strong before, or if you have retained a decent amount of LBM (through eating well, other physical activity, genetics), then you will still have enough to draw upon as you're getting back into it. People who have a lot of experience retain skill and muscle memory.
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02-12-2019, 10:38 AM #4
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02-18-2019, 01:59 PM #5
As others have said, muscle memory.
Also, and it perhaps goes without saying, if you've done it before you have past experience. You can walk into a gym and know what you're doing right away, whereas someone who's never done it before might have a lot more to learn and a lot more mistakes to make in the process.
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02-22-2019, 03:19 PM #6
Back in community college I did weight training for two semesters, went from 165 to 175 pounds (5'-10").
Then I started adult gymnastics classes, did that for a few years, started coaching kids gymnastics, and did a lot of gymnastics workouts on my own. Went back down to 165, very low fat.
I discovered I had good aerobic endurance also, so I did a couple 13 mile obstacle races (Spartan Race).
Then 5 years ago I discovered bicycle racing and was crazy hooked. Did 60 races each year for the first 3 years. Upper body mass doesn't do much for a bike racer, and I tried to lose it. I didn't do an upper body workout in years. I lost noticeable muscle, but it took a LONG time and still had WAY more muscle than my competitors.
4 months ago I started working out again and am already stronger than before.
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02-22-2019, 05:43 PM #7
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03-18-2019, 10:58 AM #8
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03-20-2019, 11:20 AM #9
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All this is predicated on the assumption that you WILL eventually start lifting again. If you don't, eventually all the advantages you gained will go away. You'll still get fat, lazy, out of shape, in poor cardio-vascular health, mentally dull, and your all-cause risk of premature mortality will increase.
But you'll still have your memories of what once was, until dementia takes them away.
OR, you could just not stop lifting.“Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.”
-Voltaire
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03-21-2019, 02:15 PM #10
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03-22-2019, 08:32 PM #11
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03-24-2019, 03:13 AM #12
Well a buddy i knew stopped training. He lost all his muscles and he went fat. Then he started gymming again. He became as weak as the first time we trained, but there was one difference. He didnt shake when he lifted the weights. He did full motion and procceeded much more faster than he did the first time he trained.
So I guess that some strenght is still there, propably the bone density as it grows bigger when you lift.
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03-24-2019, 11:55 PM #13
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04-12-2019, 01:22 AM #16
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04-12-2019, 11:04 AM #18
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My dad never lifted a weight in his life and he really big forearms, I'm overall stronger than him but I think in an arm wrestle it'd be close. Most people don't train grip strength in the gym. Where as if you were in manual labour all of your life you are basically doing alot stuff that may mimic farmer walks, prowler work, deadlifting, etc. You're basically training all of this with 5x frequency at the very least, all day.
I think things like squat, bench, deadlift, you are quick to lose strength as they are highly technical movements and require full body recruitment. Things like bicep curls, dumbbell pressing, etc don't seem to go away that quickly. It also depends on your diet. My grandfather used to be pretty big for his size in his 30s but now he is in his 80s, fit for his age but is really skinny and pretty much lost all of his gains to the point you couldn't even tell he lifted. But he's also diabetic so there's that. If you're still mildly active in terms of physical activity and eat enough to maintain muscle mass you won't lose it that quickly.
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04-12-2019, 12:19 PM #19
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05-28-2020, 09:54 AM #25
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06-05-2020, 10:21 AM #26
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06-05-2020, 10:59 AM #27
There are much more important things going on at this moment than building biceps. It can be hard to focus on body parts when innocent people are getting slaughtered.
Before we know it we will all be back in the gym again, getting back into our regular regimens.
It will happen! Patience people!Fact: My first-generation uncle was a boxer who fought Sugar Ray Robinson! He also fought in the war, sacrificing the career he deeply loved, so people could have the right to freedom.
Let's show RESPECT for the POLICE and ALL FIRST RESPONDERS by helping to keep THEM SAFE AND SOUND, and thereby able to PROTECT US!
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06-25-2020, 07:55 AM #28
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06-25-2020, 11:28 AM #29
Well yes at your current level levels of strength and size but it would depend on how long you stopped and activity level.
The body adapts to stresses put towards it if you stop training it doesn't need to be able to do that work any longer and adapts to your current situation of stress upon it.
The same with eating if you keep eating the same calorie diet and don't expend the energy it can store the excess as body fat.
Basically use it or lose it.
Many of the above comments are very true in that if you had a long lay off and come back the body can adapt quicker because you were already there at one time)muscle memory).
So it isn't all for nothing.
It's something that has to be maintained consistently.
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07-08-2020, 08:24 PM #30
I stopped lifting for a year, strength = gone, muscle and size? Not really. If i get back into lifting i might even improve swiftly compared to the last time i touched a weight. I most certainly did not lose any weight.
So you're on the internet for good advice, here's some good advice: have a good laugh once in a while. And never tear your bicep!
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