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oscarg
oscarg
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Joined: 2004/04/05
United States
2004/08/14, 02:22 PM
I don't think this has been discussed before so maybe someone can help me out with this one.

I just went thru my off week where I get to stay at home instead of going to the gym. What I want to know is...How much time is it ok to let pass by with rest/take off from the gym without losing strenght/mass. The reason I ask is because I know that resting will help me fully recover. But I don't want to start a new program and have to start at a lower weight then where I left off. My goals right now is to basically to pack on some lean mass and then go into cutting phase. I don't want to over do it though. So I want to make sure my body can handly the 12wk mass program.

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Carivan
Carivan
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Canada
2004/08/14, 10:14 PM
One of the 10 commandments of training is rest. A week off is very beneficial. Stick to your diet and don't be a couch potatoe, you will come back in great shape.

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oscarg
oscarg
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Joined: 2004/04/05
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2004/08/14, 11:34 PM
"10 commandments of training", I gotta look that up. A week sounds good too me. Besides, I already feel like a couch potato. Thanks!

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Quoting from carivan:

One of the 10 commandments of training is rest. A week off is very beneficial. Stick to your diet and don't be a couch potatoe, you will come back in great shape.


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davisp
davisp
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Joined: 2002/10/26
United States
2004/08/15, 11:25 AM
What I've come to find to be true is if you do not take a week or two off, you tend to take months off from overtraining. I overtrained from June of last year until October and ended up not working out from October until April of this year :).

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