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TIPS & THE LATEST INFORMATION ON STRENGTH TRAINING FROM NEW ELEMENT TRAINING FOUNDER ANDREI YAKOVENKO

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What happens if you stop training?

These days, you might be wondering what happens to our bodies when we take a break from training-and there's some good research on that topic. How long it takes to lose our strength gains and lean tissue size during "detraining" depends on several factors:

  • how long you've been training

  • your age

  • your gender

  • how intense your training was

The scientific data suggest that after a few weeks without training, we all start losing strength and lean muscle tissue. The longer the break, the more significant the loss becomes.

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