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mandilamadrid

I usually work out with cardio 5 days a week and strength 3, but i have only done one day of strength in the past 2 weeks because i no longer have access to a gym since I came home, and was only able to get in 4 days of cardio this week. If my body is accustomed to 5 days of more strenuous activity and longer workouts, will I gain weight after taking it easier this week?

malibu927

If you're still in a calorie deficit you'll lose...maybe even a bit more due to less exercise, which may lead to less water retention in your muscles

WalkingDeadFrank

mandilamadrid wrote: »

I usually work out with cardio 5 days a week and strength 3, but i have only done one day of strength in the past 2 weeks because i no longer have access to a gym since I came home, and was only able to get in 4 days of cardio this week. If my body is accustomed to 5 days of more strenuous activity and longer workouts, will I gain weight after taking it easier this week?

It all depends on how many calories you're taking in still vs what you're burning....No one can really tell you yes or no, we all have different Metabolism.

Log your calories on this app per day and if you have a fitness watch you'll see how many calories you're burning and it'll be easy to maintain. If you don't have a fitness watch, you'll need to calculate your daily needs, calorie wise, from a formula. Not really accurate but it'll get you kinda close.

Frank

canadianlbs

i often lose a few pounds when i get off track with lifting. it's mostly just because my body discards water that it's been retaining though. once i go back and if i'm drinking properly again, my weight usually ends up in the same place it was in before i took my time out. in other words, i doubt if lifting is affecting my body fat much.

on cardio (not that i do or track this), a single workout is probably, what? 500 calories at most? so assuming you're not eating differently, that's all the difference skipping one day is likely to make over the course of a week. you could do the math yourself to work out what the slow-accumulation effect is likely to be over a longer term, since we know it takes about 3500 calories to give you a pound of human fat.