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How long does it take for you to get "out of shape"
Posted on 6/9/16 at 11:33 am
Posted on 6/9/16 at 11:33 am
For the first time since probably high school, I've been pretty steady with working out or exercising. For the first time in over a year, I've gone over a week without doing anything at all. I had a couple events that I was training for a few weeks back, so I was taking it rather easy for about two weeks, then absolutely nothing for a week. So basically 3 weeks of being off the wagon with 2 races mixed in at the very beginning. I got back into it yesterday and woof, I feel like shite. I never would have imagined that I would lose so much fitness that quickly. I mean I'm still much more fit than a couch potato, but I can't come close to the pace I was keeping just a few weeks ago. I'm hoping I'm just sick or something.
Maybe it has a lot to do with eating terribly for the last week as well.
Maybe it has a lot to do with eating terribly for the last week as well.
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Posted on 6/9/16 at 11:34 am to KG6
A week or so. That's it. I could work out 6 days a week for a year straight, but one week of doing nothing and it feels like I've taken 10 steps back.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 11:35 am to KG6
quote:
How long does it take for you to get "out of shape"
For every day it takes you to get "In Shape" it takes precisely that many minutes for you to get "Out of Shape".
The struggle is real.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 11:35 am to KG6
Cardio shape wouldn't take long to get out of sorts.
Physical shape would take a bit longer.
Physical shape would take a bit longer.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 11:35 am to KG6
Fast, but if you have a good base of having exercised for a long time it comes back reasonable quick, like a few weeks. But those first few days you feel like you'll never be able to work out again.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 11:35 am to KG6
a box of cupcakes
Posted on 6/9/16 at 11:35 am to KG6
You shouldn't lose any fitness on a week. You must have just had an off day.
My best workouts come after I'm unable to do anything for 5-6 days.
My best workouts come after I'm unable to do anything for 5-6 days.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 11:35 am to KG6
I got mono about 3 weeks ago and yesterday was the first time I've worked out since and I about died
I mean...I was still able to do everything, but it all seemed much more difficult and afterwards I was dead
I haven't tried running yet so we shall see how bad I have fallen off when I go back to running next week
I mean...I was still able to do everything, but it all seemed much more difficult and afterwards I was dead
I haven't tried running yet so we shall see how bad I have fallen off when I go back to running next week
Posted on 6/9/16 at 11:38 am to KG6
An 18 pack and box of smokes.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 11:39 am to Salmon
I did 3 miles on what "felt" like an 8 minute pace. When I checked my watch afterwards, it was a 10 minute pace. I mean I knew I was going slower. I was purposefully "easing" back into it. But I was winded and sweating like I was going much faster.
Then I got in the pool and maybe swam half the distance I normally do and felt like I had done a full workout.
Then I got in the pool and maybe swam half the distance I normally do and felt like I had done a full workout.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 11:39 am to KG6
When it comes to running, they say after 3 days you start to lose it
This post was edited on 6/9/16 at 11:40 am
Posted on 6/9/16 at 11:42 am to bbeck
First off, it doesn't take as much as people think to maintain cardiovascular shape.
That being said, I happen to believe the older one gets the quicker one gets out of shape.
So in answer to your question, I will give you the ever popular it depends answer. Interestingly, if you ran a race hard, well you are good for a few days. One can actually manage to not lose much but running in one race a week for a month.
Now feeling like you did before you stopped working out is a slightly different thing. I happen to think that you will feel sluggish for a few days but considering you haven't had that many days off, it shouldn't be that long getting back into shape.
The last part of the puzzle I would have to add is how active your regular life? You may not be training per se, but perhaps you played softeball a few times over that time span. Or perhaps your job involves a decent amount of walking. All these things factor in.
If you are like me, and over the age of forty with a job where people just want to keep you sitting all day, well you are going to feel like crap after a week of doing nothing.
That being said, I happen to believe the older one gets the quicker one gets out of shape.
So in answer to your question, I will give you the ever popular it depends answer. Interestingly, if you ran a race hard, well you are good for a few days. One can actually manage to not lose much but running in one race a week for a month.
Now feeling like you did before you stopped working out is a slightly different thing. I happen to think that you will feel sluggish for a few days but considering you haven't had that many days off, it shouldn't be that long getting back into shape.
The last part of the puzzle I would have to add is how active your regular life? You may not be training per se, but perhaps you played softeball a few times over that time span. Or perhaps your job involves a decent amount of walking. All these things factor in.
If you are like me, and over the age of forty with a job where people just want to keep you sitting all day, well you are going to feel like crap after a week of doing nothing.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 11:43 am to KG6
I have not worked out in 2 weeks because of an injury and surgery and I feel fat. I can't wait to get back at it.
ETA: The funny thing is the injury and surgery are completely unrelated.
ETA: The funny thing is the injury and surgery are completely unrelated.
This post was edited on 6/9/16 at 11:46 am
Posted on 6/9/16 at 11:54 am to KG6
it's gradual, but i'd say 3 or so months to actually lose ground that couldn't be regained in 3 weeks.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 11:55 am to KG6
Sounds like you need to do more butt slamming.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 12:02 pm to KG6
Posted on 6/9/16 at 12:03 pm to KG6
Roughly a week. Takes about a month to get back if I'm out a week.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 12:05 pm to KG6
in 2010 I ran 6 miles a day 4-5 times a week with about an 7-8 mile run on Saturday. While doing this I would bike for an hour and swim for an hour each day. I was training for a half iron man. I did this schedule for months and it had come to the point that it was boring and effortless.
After the Half Ironman I took a month off and didn't do anything. I started running again and it was literally like I had never run in my life. It was as hard after the month off as it was when I first started.
For me, it takes a month.
After the Half Ironman I took a month off and didn't do anything. I started running again and it was literally like I had never run in my life. It was as hard after the month off as it was when I first started.
For me, it takes a month.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 12:07 pm to KG6
so yall workout all the time and miss a week or 2 and are in the same shape as I am...yeh I think I will stick to not working out 
Posted on 6/9/16 at 12:07 pm to eitek1
2-3 weeks of no running pretty much resets my fitness, no matter what workouts I was doing before
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