Thinking about taking a month off.

[robcguns]

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.

[OlympiaGym]

RIP.

[wes]

Sometimes it does you good....lets the joints,tendons, and ligaments heal up and renews your enthusiasm for training.

[ThisisOverload]

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.

[Cook]

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

[robcguns]

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.

[Matt]

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.

[OneMoreRep]

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!

"1"

[robcguns]

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!

"1"

Exactly what I was thinking, I was gonna eat light and and extremely clean as well.

[Rambone]

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.

[wes]

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?

[wes]

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 

That iron bug bites hard Cook.

[Rambone]

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.

[robcguns]

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.

[Cook]

Yeah good luck Rambone!

[wes]

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.

[Rambone]

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!

[BlackMetallic]

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

[Marty Champions]

Eating clean leads to more hunger

[beakdoctor]

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.

[Hendrixian]

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.

[pamith]

RIP.

Bro...

[pamith]

Tbh these days I train pretty much everyday, I'm obsessed with gaining muscle and burning fat. I train for about 35 minutes everyday

[SF1900]

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…..

[Griffith]

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.