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Injured, cant lift for maybe 3 weeks

Kev99
Kev99
Posts: 104
Joined: 2004/08/15
United States
2004/09/12, 07:43 PM
Hey guys whats up, its just me again with another question. I injured myself and cant lift weights for possibly 3 weeks. What i did was i dropped a 45 lb plate, and it landed right on my toe. So i mgiht not be able to lift for possibly up to 3 weeks. But im still eating good and right, and im getting my daily recommended protein too. Will i lose ne strength, or ne tone. And if i do, how long do u think it will take to get it back, both the strength, and the tone?
kakaroto
kakaroto
Posts: 893
Joined: 2002/05/09
El Salvador
2004/09/12, 08:55 PM
you are eating well. thats good. your lose will be minimum.
dont worry. strength and muscle could come down. if you are natural nothin to worry about. 3 weeks is nothin. take it as a rest period. naturely you wont be as strong as you are right now. that doesnt mean you will lose all your strenght.
but you will recover everything very quick. i was injured too and hardly lost muscle, althou i didnt lift as much as i did before injure.

dont worry, relax.

kakaroto
bigandrew
bigandrew
Posts: 5,146
Joined: 2002/10/21
United States
2004/09/12, 10:08 PM
ive doen that before, and I was still able to lift, lightly that is.......nothing more than say 70% of my maxs. 50% for lower body ones. I'd say take a week off, then do some light stuff. I mean doing some chest shoulders bisand tris won't hurt your toe. Unless you drop another plate on your foot that is.

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