posted Wed, 05/20/2020 - 11:52
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I'm honestly disgusted by how much I've fallen off. Don't need people bashing my physique. I have only been able to use resistance bands for the last 2 months. I've been eating like crap and not training anywhere near as intensely as I do in the gym. The first pic was taken in February. The second pic was taken this week. I've lost definition with an increase in body fat and a loss in muscle mass. Strength has also gone down the crapper. My state has reopened the gyms so I hope to bounce back quickly. I got my bloodwork back. My gear has arrived. I'll upload some post cycle pics in a couple of months.
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Muscle memory it’ll come back quick
Bro pick your head up start grinding . First pix you look great . You fallen off yes . But this doesn’t mean you can’t get to where you were .. clearly you know bag you need to do .. gym or no gym . Clean that diet up do what you can as far as exercising at home .! You have a lot of upside .! Just need to get focused. Hope this helps . Keep grinding brotha !
Just out of curiosity (as I've still been able to train with equipment at home) what sort of strength losses have you experienced over the 9 weeks? - I'm interested to know just how much you lose during this time frame with no proper training.
I've never worked out with resistance bands prior to Coronavirus. I didn't even own any home workout equipment. After all the gyms closed, I bought a pullup and dip bar. I also purchased a resistance band set and a pull up assist band set. I don't use the pull up assist band set for pullups. I wanted it for certain exercises. The only exercises I can accurately compare are pullups and dips. At the gym I was able to do 16 sets at 10 reps with various grips. I would rest for 30 -60 seconds between sets. I would knock out 4 sets of 20 dips when doing chest. When I got the pullup/dip bar I wasn’t able to complete 3 sets of pullups. I did 10, 7 and 3 reps. I struggled to do 10 reps of dips. I was shaking like a leaf. This happened within a month of being out of the gym
This is the thing about training isn't it - You can never really fully relax with it and just do nothing for a few weeks like going on holiday without it affecting you. I've always found anything over and above 5 days of not doing a certain exercise and I start to lose strength in it no matter what. Muscle, bar groove, mind muscle signalling and co-ordination all gets negatively affected. Yeh man its awful when you are doing dips not conditioned properly and your wrists and arms are shaking on every rep, feels like a joint is going to give way doesn't it Lol Same as the old saying - 'Use it or lose it' ....
I'm also 41 with a below average testosterone production for my age bracket. I don't like making excuses but it sure doesn't get easier as we get older.
That's what Steroids are for mate!! Sod nature ....
Good luck to you.
You'll be fine. You're not the only one. I look at it as rest my body has been needing for a long time. You'll come back even better.
I’ve struggled with various injuries over the years. I fractured my hand last fall. I was just bouncing back when coronavirus hit. I feel like I’m taking two steps back for every step forward. Extremely frustrating.
I think it will come back quick for you, your not that old yet and it didn’t all disappear. Good luck to you.