Thread: How much muscle loss am I looking at here?

OK, I have been doing a study abroad program in here France for the last 6 months. I have a gym mebership here and have succeeded in putting on a lot of muscle in the last few months. I will be returning home in July which will be good but I live in the countryside hours away from the nearest gym so I will literally have no access to weights until I go back to school in September. I am planning to use the time to do some serious cardio and cutting and I would like to have some idea of how much muscle I am going to lose in two months. Lets just use the bench press for an example( yes, I know that all of my other lifts will suffer too) - After several months of training I have a max of about 200-205 pounds. What will I be looking at in September? Where should I start? Am I going to lose the 50 or so pounds on the bench that I worked so hard to put on or will it only be like 5 or 10? I have literally no idea here, any help would be appreciated!

Zin

Dude, if you live in the countryside, you should be able to make due with what you have. You can do strongman training, and although it might not be optimal for hypertrophy, its a mechanical load which will help with retaining lbm. Use sand bags, tires, big rocks whatever. Hill sprints would be good if you have any hills around. Also look up plyometrics, although plyo's are more for power, you don't really have a huge choice at this moment. Like others have said, you should be able to maintain for 2 months, i know a kid who does that every summer and he doesn't really lose much size.