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Anyone ever take a month off? I never have but I’m contemplating doing just that to give my whole body a break and relax for a while. Thinking that my food poisoning or whatever is a good start to my month off cause I feel absolutely horrible.
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RIP.
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Sometimes it does you good....lets the joints,tendons, and ligaments heal up and renews your enthusiasm for training.
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I take 2-3 full weeks off every Christmas.
It's good to let your body recover.
If i feel burned out i take a week off.
At our age there is no point pushing.
Taking time off will help you reset and the gains will be plentiful upon your return to the iron.
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I have and every time a couple of days in I start getting restless.Then I go down to clean up my weight room and before you know it I have done a whole workout.Then I have to hear my wife tell me she knew I couldn’t do it
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I take 2-3 full weeks off every Christmas.
It's good to let your body recover.
If i feel burned out i take a week off.
At our age there is no point pushing.
Taking time off will help you reset and the gains will be plentiful upon your return to the iron.
Thanks overload, in 31 years I think the most I took off was a week. But a month sounds nice.
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Anyone ever take a month off? I never have but I’m contemplating doing just that to give my whole body a break and relax for a while. Thinking that my food poisoning or whatever is a good start to my month off cause I feel absolutely horrible.
Nasser El Sonbaty used to recommend one full month off per year.
Ronnie would do 3-4 full months off each year after the Olympia, and start training again around the Arnold Classic.
Then there's Kevin Levrone, who took around 5.5 months off per year from gear...not sure about training, but I would assume training too.
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Anyone ever take a month off? I never have but I’m contemplating doing just that to give my whole body a break and relax for a while. Thinking that my food poisoning or whatever is a good start to my month off cause I feel absolutely horrible.
Take the month off. A good way to not let it all go down the drain is to just keep a clean diet while not working out for a full month.
Enjoy yourself!
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Take the month off. A good way to not let it all go down the drain is to just keep a clean diet while not working out for a full month.
Enjoy yourself!
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Exactly what I was thinking, I was gonna eat light and and extremely clean as well.
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I have no choice but to take 4-6 weeks off after hernia surgery on Monday. Been skipping here and there and definitely skipping while on vacation if you don’t count the Shining Sea Bike Trail.
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I have no choice but to take 4-6 weeks off after hernia surgery on Monday. Been skipping here and there and definitely skipping while on vacation if you don’t count the Shining Sea Bike Trail.
Damn that sux bro....was the hernia recent?
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I have and every time a couple of days in I start getting restless.Then I go down to clean up my weight room and before you know it I have done a whole workout.Then I have to hear my wife tell me she knew I couldn’t do it
LOL ;D
That iron bug bites hard Cook.
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Damn that sux bro....was the hernia recent?
Brutal and true! Had it since college and it’s never bothered me, hurt or has gotten worse. Pretty much getting it for cosmetic reasons plus I didn’t want an incident ever happening where I’d need emergency surgery especially if I was in a foreign country. It’s umbilical, so hopefully it’s an easy fix. The surgeon said 10 minutes and twilight anesthesia like a colonoscopy.
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I have no choice but to take 4-6 weeks off after hernia surgery on Monday. Been skipping here and there and definitely skipping while on vacation if you don’t count the Shining Sea Bike Trail.
Forced 4-6 weeks would be ideal. Lot easier to do haha. Good luck with the surgery and enjoy the time off.
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Yeah good luck Rambone!
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Brutal and true! Had it since college and it’s never bothered me, hurt or has gotten worse. Pretty much getting it for cosmetic reasons plus I didn’t want an incident ever happening where I’d need emergency surgery especially if I was in a foreign country. It’s umbilical, so hopefully it’s an easy fix. The surgeon said 10 minutes and twilight anesthesia like a colonoscopy.
Cool, it`s good that you`re doing it to avoid future complications.
Good luck brother.
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Yeah good luck Rambone!
Cool, it`s good that you`re doing it to avoid future complications.
Good luck brother.
Forced 4-6 weeks would be ideal. Lot easier to do haha. Good luck with the surgery and enjoy the time off.
Thanks, iron brethren!
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Anyone ever take a month off? I never have but I’m contemplating doing just that to give my whole body a break and relax for a while. Thinking that my food poisoning or whatever is a good start to my month off cause I feel absolutely horrible.
I just took off 3 weeks
Highly recommended
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Eating clean leads to more hunger
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I take about 1 week off every couple of months. I think Gironda advocated something along those lines like train for 7 weeks then take 7 days off. I have a tendency to overtrain so i try to stick to that.
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If you are feeling fine, taking one month off of any exercise must be brutal. At least some exercise or doing very light weight training.
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RIP.
Bro...
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Tbh these days I train pretty much everyday, I'm obsessed with gaining muscle and burning fat. I train for about 35 minutes everyday
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Tbh these days I train pretty much everyday, I'm obsessed with gaining muscle and burning fat. I train for about 35 minutes everyday
Bro…..
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Anyone ever take a month off? I never have but I’m contemplating doing just that to give my whole body a break and relax for a while. Thinking that my food poisoning or whatever is a good start to my month off cause I feel absolutely horrible.
Yes. Several times when travelling.
No problems, some loss in strength but quickly regained within a few weeks and a good time to allow any niggling injuries to recover.
Not much difference in appearance in terms of muscle atrophy.
A month is still fine.
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Switch to calisthenics for a month and you will feel refreshed.
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Nasser El Sonbaty used to recommend one full month off per year.
Ronnie would do 3-4 full months off each year after the Olympia, and start training again around the Arnold Classic.
Then there's Kevin Levrone, who took around 5.5 months off per year from gear...not sure about training, but I would assume training too.
Because they went off drugs. No other reason.
Take a week off, see how you feel. A month is a long time to not train if you enjoy training.
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Anyone ever take a month off? I never have but I’m contemplating doing just that to give my whole body a break and relax for a while. Thinking that my food poisoning or whatever is a good start to my month off cause I feel absolutely horrible.
Masturbation..? Don't think I could manage it, if I'm being honest
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Masturbation..? Don't think I could manage it, if I'm being honest
A month without that would be difficult but I will add that to the mix and give daily updates on not lifting and not masturbating for 28 days.
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Anyone ever take a month off? I never have but I’m contemplating doing just that to give my whole body a break and relax for a while. Thinking that my food poisoning or whatever is a good start to my month off cause I feel absolutely horrible.
F that noise - Keep Hammering. Stay in the Fight.
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Sure, it’s not a big deal and will likely rejuvenate your enthusiasm for the iron again.
Take up yoga for the month
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A month without that would be difficult but I will add that to the mix and give daily updates on not lifting and not masturbating for 28 days.
ok now you’re talking torture
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ill take 2 weeks every now and again...... or just lighten up the load in the gym.... if i feel really beat up..ill even up my calories
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A month will have minimal effect on strength. You'll feel a little rusty the first week back and then actually start ramping up to a higher strength than you had before. The endocrine system needs periodic breaks to recover.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279389609_The_Endocrine_System_in_Overtraining (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279389609_The_Endocrine_System_in_Overtraining)
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If I take off more than a week it does more harm than good.
It's as if my joints are totally fucked. The only thing holding them together is muscle. If I take more than a week or two off I really start to feel old as hell. It's as if the more the muscles relax the more stress my joints begin to feel.
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A month without that would be difficult but I will add that to the mix and give daily updates on not lifting and not masturbating for 28 days.
Yeah, I failed today already...
Twice.. :P :-[
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had almost a year off, bounced back in 8 weeks
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Tbh today I didn't train, slept all day and my left arm felt kinda sore, I guess i'm a bit overtrained
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I tried a 4-day per week routine last week (week before) this week I already went back to 5-days.
Fucked w/ my head a bit. Huge mental-health boost from going hard in the gym in the AM before work.
Makes for a long/boring work day at home if I don't get out early and train 1st.
A month? Could never do it. A week?? Maybe, but I'm not going to try.
Am I insane?? Probably... 8)
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Tbh today I didn't train, slept all day and my left arm felt kinda sore, I guess i'm a bit overtrained
I admit it, I'm taking a break from movies for a while
Not training, not watching movies... are there feels bro?
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Switch to calisthenics for a month and you will feel refreshed.
This is what I will do maybe for good. I will alternate Bodyweight dips, ab stuff, calve raises one day with pull ups,chin ups,ab stuff and body weight squats another day. Prob on a m/w/f routine and cut the waking down to 1 hour a day and strict keto.
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This is what I will do maybe for good. I will alternate Bodyweight dips, ab stuff, calve raises one day with pull ups,chin ups,ab stuff and body weight squats another day. Prob on a m/w/f routine and cut the waking down to 1 hour a day and strict keto.
I've been doing cals only for months. Did 120 pushups straight yesterday. Will go back to lifting next month and mixing weights and cals. I have definitely lost muscle not lifting regularly since December. Cals become addictive.
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Unless I'm sick or injured I can't take more then two weeks off.
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A month will have minimal effect on strength. You'll feel a little rusty the first week back and then actually start ramping up to a higher strength than you had before. The endocrine system needs periodic breaks to recover.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279389609_The_Endocrine_System_in_Overtraining (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279389609_The_Endocrine_System_in_Overtraining)
Yeah, the first week or two back in the gym you will feel weaker. But I've always made good gains by week 3-4 after a long break.
In fact, when i was struggling to make improvements for a while, I'd take two weeks off and come back stronger.
The hardcore beat yourself into the ground style of training is silly and terrible for you.
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Taking a month off? Try taking a month on first.
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Whatever style of training you do, whether it's crossfit or weight lifting, or bodyweight calisthenics, whether its heavy duty or volume or hit or whatever else.... you should enjoy it. If you're not enjoying it, if it becomes a chore or a burden then do something else. Every body needs a little motivation from time to time but when you're burnt out you got to know when to take a break.
Rob, aren't you traveling around alot? (Correct me if I'm wrong) but you also just lost a good buddy, you just had pretty bad food poisoning. Also-again correct me if I m wrong but didn't you have the rona a couple of times? Any of those things can ware you out all of them together can turn into a real grind. Sounds like you need a good rest. Eat what you want, sleep in, recharge your batteries.
My 2 cents fwiw.
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Whatever style of training you do, whether it's crossfit or weight lifting, or bodyweight calisthenics, whether its heavy duty or volume or hit or whatever else.... you should enjoy it. If you're not enjoying it, if it becomes a chore or a burden then do something else. Every body needs a little motivation from time to time but when you're burnt out you got to know when to take a break.
Rob, aren't you traveling around alot? (Correct me if I'm wrong) but you also just lost a good buddy, you just had pretty bad food poisoning. Also-again correct me if I m wrong but didn't you have the rona a couple of times? Any of those things can ware you out all of them together can turn into a real grind. Sounds like you need a good rest. Eat what you want, sleep in, recharge your batteries.
My 2 cents fwiw.
Yes beakdoctor you are correct on all those things. I really should just relax and rest but I feel like I have to keep moving. Partly anxiety induced I guess. But yes sleeping in and eating whatever sounds quite nice.
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Bhanky took a day off for the flu-rona and dropped 30 lbs and his neck went from 19" to 16".
You sir, are no Bhanky.
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Yes beakdoctor you are correct on all those things. I really should just relax and rest but I feel like I have to keep moving. Partly anxiety induced I guess. But yes sleeping in and eating whatever sounds quite nice.
That sounds like a good idea, but do me a favour and maybe just lay off the sausage for a while ;) ;D
Bhanky took a day off for the flu-rona and dropped 30 lbs and his neck went from 19" to 16".
You sir, are no Bhanky.
Who is though? Not even bhanky
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Back in the day I planned on taking a week off......it turned into a 7 year drunken binge.
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If I want to take off from the weights, I’ll just do bodyweight exercises and use resistant bands.
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If I want to take off from the weights, I’ll just do bodyweight exercises and use resistant bands.
;D, & free outdoor gyms in Australia, Thailand,Singapore ..........
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If you're going to take a month off why not just take a month off?
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If you're going to take a month off why not just take a month off?
robcguns were talking about here :o
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robcguns were talking about here :o
Some people can’t just stop doing something and become a fat worthless hillbilly piece of shit huffing paint.
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Last time I took that much time off was after tripping while running and jacking my elbow. Once it healed I was pleasantly surprised with how quickly the strength came back.
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Not training, not watching movies... are there feels bro?
I'm fine, sometimes I get tired