How long without proper training until atrophy?

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@Mart, yeah, I think I will try and use some more explosive movements. I'm no expert, but I would have thought keeping the muscles under tension longer with slower negatives would be conducive for growth. I might look at quicker positive movement, with 4-5 second negatives to try and get the best of both worlds

Thanks for the reply!

[dope540]

if you really want, get a trx/ jungle gym suspension system or similar. major fun to be had with it at home

[Pkant2002]

Yeh go to your local gyms and say your thinking of joining as a friend has said its very good but you would like to have a couple of taster sessions. I got 3 days at my local david lyods to use from this. Especially useful as my local council gym sucks balls.

[Mart001]

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@Mart, yeah, I think I will try and use some more explosive movements. I'm no expert, but I would have thought keeping the muscles under tension longer with slower negatives would be conducive for growth. I might look at quicker positive movement, with 4-5 second negatives to try and get the best of both worlds

Thanks for the reply!

There is a reason the negative aspect wont do **** in the way your thinking, it seems like logically it may work, you do get a burn from time under tension but it wont prove an adaption (except for getting good at light wieght negatives TUT) its interesting so I'll get the info...

[Zeigler]

Keep up proper nutrition, dont make the mistake of eating like a bird because your not training. You'll be recovering and growing in the first couple weeks off.

To prevent atrophy you dont need as much stimulation as your usual training - even pushups would prevent losing a lot of size, if any. Especially if your being creative with bodyweight movements. Ive been out of action for 5/6 weeks now but doing stuff like divebomber push ups, 1 leg squats, handstand push ups has prevented me from losing any noticeable size.

Plus training things like pistol squats, push ups will carryover into your bilateral stuff once your back to the gym

[Maximi11ion]

I regularly miss out on 3 - 4 weeks training due to work/family. It makes gains & progress unfknblvbly slow but aside from major DOMs and some shortened workouts the first couple of times I'm generally no worse off. keep up the protein and calories and you should be fine if not better.

I vaguely remember reading creatine helps stave off atrophy in athletes during periods of injury (as apposed to non users) probably unsubstantiated jibber jabber but worth a google

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@Mart, interesting (albeit disappointing) to hear. Look forward to reading more about it.

@Zeigler, will do. Still sticking to my 4000 cals a day. Will look into some more creative bodyweight exercises. Thanks

@Max, luckily this is a rare occurrence, so it shouldn't hinder my progress too much! And yeah, I've been taking creatine - heard something similar myself, although I haven't really looked for anything to support the claim, I must admit