- Apr 9, 2009
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Do any of you drop your workout weight when you take breaks of say 5-14 days?
If so, do you have a rule of thumb how much weight you will drop?
I've heard some say that you come back after a ~5 day break stronger but if I take a full week or more, I have a really hard time matching the weight I stopped at.
Because of this, I've been dropping ~5 lbs for each workout day I miss, then working back up, but I don't know if this is necessary or not. It certainly slows my progress a lot, but it also puts me in the state of mind that I shouldn't be missing days if I want to progress, sort of a self punishment thing.
I was just wondering if there is any physical reason to drop the weights after a 5 day break or not. I assume muscle degradation happens at some point, but I'm not sure how much it affects what you can lift over the short term.
If so, do you have a rule of thumb how much weight you will drop?
I've heard some say that you come back after a ~5 day break stronger but if I take a full week or more, I have a really hard time matching the weight I stopped at.
Because of this, I've been dropping ~5 lbs for each workout day I miss, then working back up, but I don't know if this is necessary or not. It certainly slows my progress a lot, but it also puts me in the state of mind that I shouldn't be missing days if I want to progress, sort of a self punishment thing.
I was just wondering if there is any physical reason to drop the weights after a 5 day break or not. I assume muscle degradation happens at some point, but I'm not sure how much it affects what you can lift over the short term.