How long you think it would take to lose your gains??

**xplicit** · 12-13-2002, 06:09 PM

This question has nothing to do with steroids .

How long do you think you have to go without working out before you start to notice your losing size or definition. Im sure there are a lot of factors that weigh in, but I would figure it has to take a while, if you keep the same diet, still stay active and work a laborous job but dont go to the gym as often i cant see losing anything. Any thoughs on this.

**newguy2003** · 12-13-2002, 11:53 PM

since i fond out that i have tendonitus in my wrist 3 weeks ago i haven't lifted my upper body since and have noticed my arms to have gotten smaller my chest and shoulders however haven't changed i think...

**Yung Wun** · 12-14-2002, 01:03 PM

i was out of the gym for almost three weeks
but maintained clean diet and kept active when i could
my size was still there and when i came back people say i looked like i gotten bigger. i didnt notice nothing, but anyways i went back to the weights and couldnt lift as much as i left off. so only thing i really took notice was my strenght that i had lost

***BIG TEXAN*** · 12-14-2002, 05:34 PM

As long as your diet stays clean it takes usually 6 weeks to lose muscle

**saboudian** · 12-14-2002, 08:22 PM

I've heard where people go like 1/2 to 3/4 year with relatively no training and still maintained about 75% of their muscle. Once u put your time into building a strong foundation, it is pretty hard to lose that deep down base muscle.

**xplicit** · 12-15-2002, 08:17 AM

Yea i would figure since its so hard to gain it has to be equally hard to lose your gains (At least i like to think that lol)

Also if you do go an extended amount of time w/o working out im sure youll lose some strenght and size but do you think that youll gain your stenght and size back in a shorter time compared to say if you hadnt made any gains?