Reply With Quote1. Very very unlikely it is due to strength loss. Unless you have a muscle wasting disease, or you've been starving yourself stupid, you're not going to lose any strength over two weeks. More than likely the rest and the holiday eating would have done you well - which you already noticed in your first workout.Originally Posted by motionman04
2. It could, but again unlikely, be down to your form being slightly out of whack with the bench press - because form does matter, but if you warmed up properly your form should have come back pretty quick.
3. If you over did your triceps the day before then this could have also affected your bench press if you weren't fully recovered.
If this is the case - then you should write up your workout so the forum can tweak it to make sure you're doing ok.
4. But more than likely - you're just crazily psyching yourself out for no good reason.
Am I rusty or did I lose strength??
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Am I rusty or did I lose strength??
I haven't been able to go to the gym at school since it had been closed for the holidays, meaning I haven't been able to workout for the past 2 weeks. I returned yesterday, returning to my normal routine, and started with my Biceps and Triceps, I noticed I didn't lose any strength, and may have actually gained some compared to before. Today I worked on my chest, however, I noticed on my first set on the flat, I was doing 155 lbs, usually I can do about 5 reps myself, I was only able to do about 3 I believe. Then, when I went down 10 lbs, I did even worse. The same applied for the decline and incline.
My question is, is my performance today due to strength loss, rust from break, or possibly working on my triceps the day before?
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Don't we all? I figured I'd just mess with his hysteric mind by suggesting he could have a muscle wasting disease. It never occured to me, until tonight, that half of the people who claim to be overtraining and/or getting weaker after a short break could all just coincidentally have a muscle wasting disease. Maybe there's an epidemic, or dare i say, a pandemic going around of muscle wasting diseases to IM forum members? Originally Posted by ForemanRules
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