I have a question, /fit/. If you stopped lifting right now, how

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>>39996248
i've heard from a doc you start losing mass after 2 weeks.
would someone spit some broscience on this

>>39996248
about tree fiddy

>>39996248
god damn i want to impregnate this bitch so much

>>39996248
I just went on about a 6 week holiday without once hitting the gym and eating pretty averagely. Seem to have lost about 33% of my strength gains and visibly lost about 25% of my muscle mass.

Gone from average strength, almost look like I lift with my shirt off, to below average strength, don't even look like I lift. Feels bad :'(

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>>39996248
immediately. Never stop lifting, brahs.

>>39996379
On the other hand, I've been sick before and haven't been to the gym for a week or two and haven't noticed any losses in gains when I came back, which kind of goes with what >>39996324 is saying. No broscience to weigh in here though

>>39996324
That's broscience as fuck. Your hormones are constantly both anabolic and catabolic. Muscle constantly deteriorates (and always grows if you're using it).

Immediately.

>>39996528
I think he was speaking more about a net result of muscle wastage over time. You don't make the same criticisms when people talking about gaining muscle, do you? We're talking about an average, significant increase/decrease over a reasonable amount of time.

And technically speaking, you will almost always be in an anabolic or catabolic state at any given time, not both. Using insulin and glucagon as an example, even if both are present in circulation, a number of factors will make one be the predominant substrate that enters into a cell, which will overall cause anabolism or catabolism. Don't be nitpicky ya wallaby

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>>39996528
>Muscle constantly deteriorates

OP here, I kind of figured that. I was just wondering how long it would take for there to be noticeable changes. Guess it'd be different for everybody, also daily physical activity would be a factor.

>>39996618
>And technically speaking, you will almost always be in an anabolic or catabolic state at any given time, not both.
Absolutely false. You have a constant circulation of 57 hormones, almost two thirds of which are partly or wholly catabolic and several which are constantly turned on.

>Don't be nitpicky ya wallaby
Well it was a nitpicky question

>>39996641
Personally I notice a visible difference after a couple of weeks, less if I'm ill.

I took 2.5 weeks off recently and lost 10lbs off most of my lifts

I would say 4-5 days you probably start losing strength

>>39996248
You start losing strength after 2 weeks.
You start losing muscle mass around 6 months.

>>39996248

Strength gains or muscular atrophy sit somewhere between 8-14 days for onset. I'm sure CNS atrophy is faster, but muscular would be about a week and a half to two weeks. It's why you can look good after a rest but lose 20lbs on your lifts.

>>39996771
>You have a constant circulation of 57 hormones, almost two thirds of which are partly or wholly catabolic and several which are constantly turned on
Yes but this will still have a net effect of an increase or decrease in body mass, if we could measure this finely enough, you would see that your fat free mass, body fat, etc, is constantly in flux, and doesn't really stay the exact same for long