Thread: Minimizing loss after injury?

You may lose some or much of what you have earned, depends. Someone who has been lifting a long time will still lose MM just that they'll still have a lot left when they start lifting again. Advice is to eat well, you know the drill, if not check the nutrition section. This is the best way to maintain your MM while not lifting. I don't know if there are any other tricks?

On a side note, don't be worried by what you might lose, eventually you'll come back bigger and better. Once you go through this type of thing a few times you come to learn that it's the process of getting big that does it for you moreso than being big. Ask yourself this question, If you could be as big as you want without any work whatsoever would you do it? OK maybe that's not the best way to put it. Just look forward to starting again and then getting stronger than ever before.

I hate to tell you but 6 weeks of no upper body training will result in quite a bit of muscle loss, use it or lose it. However, once you start training again you will regain the lost muscle quickly, it's a phenomenon we call "muscle memory". If your legs are a weak point then focus on them for six weeks, if they're not train them lightly and do cardio work, you do not want to get out of proportion. Keep a clean diet and you will not gain fat.

youll bounce back fast

eat alot of everything and dont sweat it, come back with a vengeance

i'm just wondering, what if i go one week without training (7 days). Is that gonna cause muscle loss too?

I've heard it's good for you to take about a week off every certain amount of time (I think it's eight weeks, but I can't say for sure). Perhaps a more experienced member could explain why this is or isn't true.

Originally Posted by pumpthatiron

i'm just wondering, what if i go one week without training (7 days). Is that gonna cause muscle loss too?

no.