What's the longest you been without training?

[coldblue1955]

it's been 2 months for me. I'll start back by Jan.

 

[DZLS]

i went about 18 months after my son was born...

i'm 10 weeks back at the moment... and damn glad too...

 

[coldblue1955]

i went about 18 months after my son was born...

i'm 10 weeks back at the moment... and damn glad too...

making great gains again?

 

[NorgePrecision]

The first 19 years of my life were deprived of almost any lifting. In the past two years I have not gone more than a week without some form.

 

[cubuff27]

I took a 2 year sabatical after my son was born, got a new job, and moved into a new house in a new state. Dropped from my max of 248 to 192. Been back a year now this month and back up to 232 as of yesterday. Still have a way to go weight wise, but my strength is already better than what is was at 248...mostly due to switching to a 5x5 routine though I suspect.

 

[djeclipse]

I stopped working out for at least 7 years. I just got back into it agian for about 5.5 weeks. In the off time I gained about 35-40lbs of fat and lost all my strength and abs. I wish I never stoped.

 

[vin01]

Wow, I thought my 4 weeks off was bad. When I moved into a new apt, and started school again, I couldn't find the time. I was jonesing so bad to lift. I guess it was a good break, it took a while to get back into it, and I got fat. But now I'm back, doin a 5x5, and getting solid again, and it feels great.

Kind of like an addiction.

 

[Slyder190]

6 weeks while recovering from a herniated disc a few years back. Man was I miserable.

 

[lifersfc]

About 6 weeks when I came down with a horrendous case of mono and the doc's told me my spleen could burst if I lifted heavy. I also took a couple months off for soccer season and dropped a lot of size and strength from all the running.

Been training almost 3 years and I am about 30 pounds heavier (all of it muscle) so I feel pretty good about the long term. 200 pounds soon!