to lazy to start back

[stonev16]

I was ding real good until ab 2 weeks b4 i went to the beach for a week....I kne iw as going to the beach so why renue a gym membership if i coudltn use it for a little over a week outa the month....yea i know i'm cheap. lol but i was pretty much broke anyway....so i didnt train for two weeks....then two turned into three then i go back btu i'm not getting into it so much because i lost alot n i cant get the same pump....somehow i can do more weight but i dont look as big.....I also started doing work towards gettin a six pack..i knwo yall frown on training abs as a program....i did a little chest work ect but i mostly ran.....I know i shouldnt have stopped cause i lost alot from not training for a little over a month...now i'm skinny like i used to be and i cant get back into it cause i wont see any gains for ab another month r 2.....this sucks. any advice?

 

[stonev16]

I still have some muscle mass but its mostly gone straight out the window.....aint that a b#tch all my hard work down the drain

 

[stonev16]

fuck cardio it made me skinny

 

[stonev16]

the first post ...doing* and i didnt eat as much while doign the cardio

 

[Rocky_B]

sounds like you hit a pretty good mental block. Taking a few weeks off, in the long run, shouldn't affect you greatly, but you likely think it did... Just start back up lightly, and ease your way into heavier weights, building your confidence and esteem back up ever so gently.

-I also just LOVE the lack of punctuation in your sig. It makes it sound so eloquent.

 

[ABLQ2]

you will gain it back fast. once you get a base, if you loose that muscle and are young, i feel that its very easy to get it back.

 

[stonev16]

eloquent.....such a big word....thanks to my websters talkign dictionary i know what it meens now. lol thanks i guesse i didnt try to make it look all messed up i was just presing tab when i felt like it....I'll fix it...ty for the advice on the weights

 

[stonev16]

oh and it is'nt in my head a my gf mentioned how much skinnier i look

 

[stonev16]

Thanks abl....I'm gona try to get it back as fast as i can

 

[ihateschoolmt]

you will gain it back fast. once you get a base, if you loose that muscle and are young, i feel that its very easy to get it back.

Yea, it's called muscle memory. It doesn't matter if you are young though. It has something to do with the muscle retaining extra nuclei when muscle is cannibalized.

 

[ABLQ2]

if it doesnt have anything to do with age, then why isnt arnold as big as he used to be?

 

[ABLQ2]

nevermind. there are a ton of reasons for that. sory i dont know why i made that comment. im tired. thats why.

 

[Seanp156]

if it doesnt have anything to do with age, then why isnt arnold as big as he used to be?

Probably because he doesn't train like he use to or use steriods. I'm not saying it doesn't get harder to add/maintain muscle when you get older, but as far as I know, bodybuilding isn't exactly Arnolds primary goal anymore.

I agree, I think you mostly just hit a mental block. I've taken a couple weeks off and haven't lost much, if anything. Of course, I would think how much you rested and what your diet was like when you took a break would affect how much strength you lost. Trust me though, you can gain it back very quickly.

 

[stonev16]

somehow i gained strength.....i dunno...growth spurts??? I went back to the gym n on most of my chest machines i have been doing liek 10-20 lbs more

 

[stonev16]

maybe i was overtraining b4