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Anyone know how long it generally takes for muscle tissue to "deteriorate" after training/eating maintenance calories halts?
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louden_swain
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Well. . .your muscle tissues instantly breakdown when you train them hard.
As for eating. . .I don't understand what you are saying. I can tell you after training, You typically have a 45 minute window where your body will will assimilate a tremendous amount of protein, carbs, and fats. . . .of course you must eat.
This is why it is best to eat a high carb/protein meal after training.
There are several protein windows throughout the day. You can alter your metabolism, where your body wants food at a specific time. This requires trial and error with foods, food portions, and eating time.
As for eating. . .I don't understand what you are saying. I can tell you after training, You typically have a 45 minute window where your body will will assimilate a tremendous amount of protein, carbs, and fats. . . .of course you must eat.
This is why it is best to eat a high carb/protein meal after training.
There are several protein windows throughout the day. You can alter your metabolism, where your body wants food at a specific time. This requires trial and error with foods, food portions, and eating time.
Legion Kreinak2
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What I'm really asking about is in the future, let's say for some reason one cannot continue training as they were, and meals weren't as frequent nor plentiful. Eating a "normal" diet with 3 meals daily (breakfast, lunch, dinner), and having stopped training, would you return to the size you were originally, before training commenced? Or would you lose size, but only drop a certain degree?
If I understand you correctly:
If you stopped training completely, I would think your body would eventually end up at the size and weight that it needs to maintain itself based on the amount of calories you were eating. Any less, you will get smaller, any more, you will just get fat.
Just my guess.
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If you stopped training completely, I would think your body would eventually end up at the size and weight that it needs to maintain itself based on the amount of calories you were eating. Any less, you will get smaller, any more, you will just get fat.
Just my guess.
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JOKER47 said:
Yeah, your body is always seeking a balance. For the most part, the mass you put on from lifting is not useful. I mean sure you are strong, but for most of use, strength is not a real requirement from day to day. Therefore, your body has to expend energy to maintain stuff that it doesn't really need. As soon as you stop lifting and stop eating as much, your body is gonna say "Wait, I dont need all this freaking mass... i got about a billion other bodily function that need energy instead.... let makes the muscles smaller and put energy to better use...."
At least i think...
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Legion Kreinak2
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Makes sense, just curious to see what you guys thought. Looking far into the future (or maybe not so far, I don't know) to when and if I stopped weight training. It would suck to just lose something you worked so hard for so quickly...
I guess once you're in the game, you don't get out, huh?
I guess once you're in the game, you don't get out, huh?
Fatty4You
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Yeah, you will lose stuff you worked hard for, but, there is something called "muscle memmory." Now, i dont know how founded this is in scientific data or actual "proof" but guys who stop lifting and lose muscle and then start training again, find it much much easier to put the weight back on. They say the muscles "remember" what it was to be big, and can get there easier the second time around. I dont know if this is true, but maybe it will keep your hopes up 
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Easy come...easy go. The most recent gains (6 months to 2 years) will go easy...
What you have gained and kept over long periods of time...will stay.
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What you have gained and kept over long periods of time...will stay.
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I've seen a study indicating that even over a period of inactivity lasting 5-6 weeks, no significant muscle mass was lost in trained people.
Now, you might think you've lost muscle due to a couple things:
1) When you work out you experience some muscle inflammation that makes you look bigger.
2) You also have more muscle glycogen after you recover from a workout, making you look fuller.
Both of these will not happen if you're taking a layoff.
and 3) Your neural adaptations go away much quicker than your muscle gains. So when you come back, you'll be weak. Don't worry about it; your strength will regain quite quickly and you haven't lost any muscle.
Now, longer than 5-6 weeks? I have no idea. But muscle memory does make it much much easier to get back to where you were.
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Now, you might think you've lost muscle due to a couple things:
1) When you work out you experience some muscle inflammation that makes you look bigger.
2) You also have more muscle glycogen after you recover from a workout, making you look fuller.
Both of these will not happen if you're taking a layoff.
and 3) Your neural adaptations go away much quicker than your muscle gains. So when you come back, you'll be weak. Don't worry about it; your strength will regain quite quickly and you haven't lost any muscle.
Now, longer than 5-6 weeks? I have no idea. But muscle memory does make it much much easier to get back to where you were.
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