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GTP_Chris
hey guys,

i'm going to gym now since 1 july 2006.
I can bench press 50kg (110 lbs)
I'm 18,194cm and wieght 81 (162lbs)

i just wanted to know, how long it takes that the muscles are like going away.

Once i wasnt able to go to gym for almost 2 weeks, and i felt that my chest size reduced.

So just wanted to know, after how many weeks, the muscels dissapear slowly

chriss
 
Uh, I lost about 2kg of muscle in 8 days over Christmas…
 
yeah, it doesnt take very long.
 
Not sure. But I’m on holiday for two and a half weeks and I expect to have lost a lot by the time I get back to Australia. Will take a while to build up again I expect… :indiff:
 
by the way, do the muscles reduce within 2 days aswell?
 
yeah. supposedly after around 48 hours.
 
lol you dont lose muscle after like a week, its more like a month or two. The reason why your chest seems flatter than usual is because your "deflated" and not "pumped".

Its the blood in your muscle that fills them out, and after a week or so of not using them theres not much blood in them.

Thats the simple explanation.
 
Blake
Not sure. But I’m on holiday for two and a half weeks and I expect to have lost a lot by the time I get back to Australia. Will take a while to build up again I expect… :indiff:
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you will lose next to no muscle, enjoy your holiday, and when you come back you will see after a session in the gym that alls dandy.

and if you do go withnbout the gym for a few months and lose muscle its quicker to build that muscle up the second time due to "muscle memory"
 
Poverty
lol you dont lose muscle after like a week, its more like a month or two. The reason why your chest seems flatter than usual is because your "deflated" and not "pumped".

Its the blood in your muscle that fills them out, and after a week or so of not using them theres not much blood in them.

Thats the simple explanation.
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alright, that seems to make good sense.

since i was sick in december for about 2 weeks, i started to dislike working on chest. before that, i was like a chest maniac... i loved it...but now i'm much more on bizeps and shoulders focused.
 
I stopped training a while ago and my arms have still got good shape, I thought muscle lasted for months!
 
Your chest size will feel reduced because you're not toned anymore.

Toning is when you train your muscles enough that they sort of vibrate very fast and thus keep their shape better. If you stop training for a while you lose that tone, but the muscle mass is still there, it's just in a more relaxed state and so looks/feels worse.

Blake
Uh, I lost about 2kg of muscle in 8 days over Christmas…
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Were you ill? Can't imagine your body would go after your body muscle that fast unless you have a particularly low fat percentage and aren't eating properly.

Gabkicks
yeah. supposedly after around 48 hours.
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I know you know your stuff, but 2 days? Perhaps toning goes but actual mass?

But the good thing is your muscle has a 'memory'. So what ever mass/tone you've lost is much easier to regain once you've lost it than if you were starting from scratch. Which is why you should be fit when your younger because it makes things easier later on.
 
I will say, once you have it...and loose it, it's easier to gain it back again. It took me two years of heavy training to reach a point of benching 325lbs. I took a year or two off....and in about 4 months I was back to that strength again.
 
ExigeExcel
Your chest size will feel reduced because you're not toned anymore.

Toning is when you train your muscles enough that they sort of vibrate very fast and thus keep their shape better. If you stop training for a while you lose that tone, but the muscle mass is still there, it's just in a more relaxed state and so looks/feels worse.


Were you ill? Can't imagine your body would go after your body muscle that fast unless you have a particularly low fat percentage and aren't eating properly.


I know you know your stuff, but 2 days? Perhaps toning goes but actual mass?

But the good thing is your muscle has a 'memory'. So what ever mass/tone you've lost is much easier to regain once you've lost it than if you were starting from scratch. Which is why you should be fit when your younger because it makes things easier later on.
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I'm not talking about toning, i'm talking about performance :p. maybe it is only noticable for people that train at a higher level regularly. maybe not. I'm trying to remember where the article is.
 
ExigeExcel
Were you ill? Can't imagine your body would go after your body muscle that fast unless you have a particularly low fat percentage and aren't eating properly.
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It was Christmas, I can’t say I was eating properly, but I was still eating vegetables and meat. :p
 
I've read that you have to stop training completely for around 6 weeks in order for your muscles to atrophy. Of course, your genetics, diet, and training regime would have an influence on this, so really, it's hard to say exactly when that will begin. I've stopped training for around two 2 weeks before, but noticed no losses; in fact I felt stronger after a rest period.

FormulaGT
 
Does it actually matter how much you can bench press? It makes more sense to me how many times you can press it :rolleyes:
 
Ultrashot
Does it actually matter how much you can bench press? It makes more sense to me how many times you can press it :rolleyes:
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All depends how you intent to apply it.

If your take part in a physical sport, high reps are essential.

If you do a combat sport tone is important to improve reflexes.

If you want to be bulked up and compete in weight lifting, max strength matters.

Anyway, I think this thread has run it's course unless anyone can find any articles to back up what they are saying.
 
FormulaGT
I've stopped training for around two 2 weeks before, but noticed no losses; in fact I felt stronger after a rest period.
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When I say I lost 2kg of muscle, that doesn’t mean I was weaker. I could bench more after my rest than I could before, but I’d still lost muscle mass. Somehow.
 
Ha, MachOne claims that he and his whole school football team can bench at least 180, and that my 95 is 'weak'.
 
I'll answer this one, but I don't want to hear anymore of it. If MachOne says anything fine, sort it out between yourselfs, GTP isn't the place to answer questions involving pointless squabbles and groundless bragging unless it involves cars or GT itself.

Sakiale
Ha, MachOne claims that he and his whole school football team can bench at least 180, and that my 95 is 'weak'.
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It's certainly possible if he's in a competitive and under a strict coach. Though I doubt at 14/15 a coach would be able to get them in a gym for a start, and there are some health issues with under 16s doing weight training, and especially as they are probably doing more than their own body weight as claimed.

But if these pupils are older (16/18 high school leaving age?) it's perfectly possible. Get them all in a gym, on a training regime and on protein shakes and it's certainly attainable. Especially if the coach will only choose the ones he knows have been training.
 
hey guys, i'm back in here.
when i came back from the US, i didnt have a chance to workout for 8 days.I did push ups and sit ups in the morning and night in the hotel room but thats it.
When i went to gym on the 9th day, i noticed a massive increase of power. I started working out on my chest, and chest press i could push 12 reps with 27.5kg each side. before i left to US for the champ car testing at laguna seca, i could do like 24kg each side.

chris
 
Nice to see that you're improving 👍

I've noticed that before as well, though I sometimes don't do any training for like a week or so, I can still do the same amounts of reps with the same amount of weight, I actually feel stronger then...
 
Speaking of days without gym, I make it a good 5 years now :lol:. I don't work out to get bigger though, I work out to control my shape and not get bigger the wrong way, that's it. I did lose over 1 1/2 stone (21lbs) in two weeks about this time last year though, that was through illness. I've only just this side of Christmas got that weight back, but I've only started working out again this side of christmas as well. I work out at home btw, not the gym and it's usually just presups, pullups, situps and dumbells.
 
As off right now, I haven't been to Gym in 6853 days....
 
And how many minutes?
 
Ultrashot
I've noticed that before as well, though I sometimes don't do any training for like a week or so, I can still do the same amounts of reps with the same amount of weight, I actually feel stronger then...
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Just to mention something as well, strength and power is generally one of the last things to go for the body, when you have stopped training for a while.

The reason why I say this, is that I have found that after I had taken a relaxed attitude to my sport, swimming, as I needed to focus more on my University, this meant that i reduced my training to almost once or twice a week. However, at this moment in time, I have not trained at all for three weeks.

However, bizarrely I am actually swimming faster in the last two weekend races that I have participated in! Well, they were short sprints....:D

Therefore the muscle memory for me in swimming is still there and I still have enough power and strength for me to still get good times out of myself.

Also, when I was reducing my training from nine sessions a week down to the five sessions a week, my performance had improved, as I was able to get more rest for the sprint based races, however the distance races had suffered....rather considerbly.

Therefore it generally depends what sport and what you want to get out of it, for weight training. For me, I am happy with myself. However I know that soon, to maintain the speed I will need to indulge in a little bit of vanity of weight training...:O.

Performance for skill based sports can suffer almost immediately when stopping training, however in the grand scheme of things (unless you're hardcore trainer and train night and day) it won't be noticeable.

Hope it helps,

Submerged
 
you won't lose muscle within 2 days. You ought to train 3 or 4 times a week really. U need to have a days rest inbetween each workout i think (thats what alot of books, websites etc say) so it gives your muscles time to repair, regenerate and grow.

It sound like to me in ur 1st post u overtrained and thats y it hurt and reduced so much.
 
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