detraining
Learn about the effects of detraining on your heart health and cardiovascular system. Discover what happens to your heart when you stop exercising and how you can prevent negative impacts on your overall health. Find out how to maintain good cardiovascular health even when taking a break from your exercise routine.
Strength training gains are reversible, right? If you stop training for a while, you lose all of your gains. Not necessarily! A study suggests that some of the changes are permanent and this makes it easier for you to “regrow” and “re-strengthen” your muscles should you take a long break.
What happens when you take a sustained break from working out or are injured and have to stop training? Do you lose your hard fought fitness gains?
If you’ve worked hard to build muscle strength, you probably won’t voluntarily take long periods of time off from training. On the other hand, there may be circumstances like surgery or injury that you have to. What happens to your muscles when you stop lifting weights and how easy is it to get your strength back?
Have you ever had an overuse injury? Most people have. This article discusses what causes overuse injuries or repetitive stress injuries along with simple steps you can take to prevent them.
