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Losing muscle?

ydyms
Posts: 266 Member
If I stop exercising temporarily (2 months or so), will I lose muscle?
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No one knows?0
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Yes0
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You will quickly start to lose strength (CNS switching off) and I was told (by a hospital physio and rehab specialist) that from 3 weeks onwards you will progressively lose muscle.
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IsaackGMOON wrote: »
I was in rehab following a major knee injury - within three weeks of being injured and unable to weight bear on the injured leg I couldn't even tense my quads and in ten weeks had lost a huge amount of quad circumference.
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I'm trying to add some squats, lunges and push-ups throughout the day instead of cardio. Will that help prevent muscle loss?0
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When I broke my ankle the docs said muscle wastage starts after 24 hrs. 2 yrs later when I had to return to get the plates removed from my leg this seemed correct. After 2 days bed-bound you could see the difference between my two calves0
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I'm trying to add some squats, lunges and push-ups throughout the day instead of cardio. Will that help prevent muscle loss?...Use it or lose it.
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Good question, right now I have a terrible cold that turned to an upper respiratory tract infections, and have zero energy to do much, ive have this for 2 weeks, im feeling weak, and muscleless. Ugh.... i just want this crap gone. So i dont loose what i worked so hard on.0
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