How Fast Do You Lose Muscle When You Stop Working Out?

Published: July 12, 2019, 1 p.m.

When you first got into fitness, everything you read and everyone you spoke to said consistency is king.

The more you put into your workout routine, the more you get out of it. There are no shortcuts or free lunches. You learn, you hustle, and hustle, and hustle, until\u2026finally\u2026you get the body you want.

Don\u2019t have time? You just don\u2019t want it enough.

Don\u2019t feel like going to the gym? Same thing--suck it up.

Don\u2019t want to lift heavy? Have fun staying small.

And, no stranger to hard work, you meet the challenge every step of the way. You give 110% to your training. Every day\u2026week\u2026month\u2026and year.

So far, things have gone as you envisioned. You\u2019re bigger, leaner, and stronger than you\u2019ve been in a while, and you don\u2019t want the party to end.

But, what if it does have to end, at least for a little while?

What happens if you have to take a few days, a week, or even a month away from the gym?

You\u2019ve always heard that, \u201cIf you don\u2019t use it, you lose it,\u201d and the second you stop lifting weights, your muscles enter a slow, steady state of decay. The longer you spend out of the gym, the smaller, weaker, and softer you\u2019ll be at the end of your hiatus.

How true is that idea, though?

After months or years of lifting weights, do your muscles really shrink that quickly?

Well, the long story short is that yes, if you take a long enough break from lifting weights, you will lose muscle and strength. The good news, though, is that it takes much longer than most people realize, and you\u2019ll rebuild muscle much faster than it took to gain it in the first place.

In this podcast, you\u2019ll learn how long it really takes to lose muscle and strength when you stop lifting weights, what you can do to maintain your progress when you take time off, and what to expect when you get back in the swing of things.

Let\u2019s jump right in.

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