Mike Israetel

That's how fast it comes back. And it's such good news for people that have to take time off because I think there is this very understandable misunderstanding that many people have, which is they think, okay, I train and I'm big because I train. And I've been training for 10 years and I've gotten quite jacked.

That's how fast it comes back. And it's such good news for people that have to take time off because I think there is this very understandable misunderstanding that many people have, which is they think, okay, I train and I'm big because I train. And I've been training for 10 years and I've gotten quite jacked.

That's how fast it comes back. And it's such good news for people that have to take time off because I think there is this very understandable misunderstanding that many people have, which is they think, okay, I train and I'm big because I train. And I've been training for 10 years and I've gotten quite jacked.

And if I detrain for, let's say, a year, then I lose kind of a lot of muscle, which is like very true. And then however much muscle I lose, let's say I was pretty jacked, 200 pounds, pretty lean. And after a year of not training, whatever, motorcycle accident, whatever, I'm 170. What they do is they look back to when they were first 170 and Fucking six years ago. And they go, oh, my God.

And if I detrain for, let's say, a year, then I lose kind of a lot of muscle, which is like very true. And then however much muscle I lose, let's say I was pretty jacked, 200 pounds, pretty lean. And after a year of not training, whatever, motorcycle accident, whatever, I'm 170. What they do is they look back to when they were first 170 and Fucking six years ago. And they go, oh, my God.

And if I detrain for, let's say, a year, then I lose kind of a lot of muscle, which is like very true. And then however much muscle I lose, let's say I was pretty jacked, 200 pounds, pretty lean. And after a year of not training, whatever, motorcycle accident, whatever, I'm 170. What they do is they look back to when they were first 170 and Fucking six years ago. And they go, oh, my God.

Oh, my God. It took me five years to get from 170 to 200. It's going to take me five years again to put this muscle back on. But it really takes like five months. And so that is incredibly good news for anyone that's detrained. And it's news that's used in a really good way. Here's a good way to use this news.

Oh, my God. It took me five years to get from 170 to 200. It's going to take me five years again to put this muscle back on. But it really takes like five months. And so that is incredibly good news for anyone that's detrained. And it's news that's used in a really good way. Here's a good way to use this news.

Oh, my God. It took me five years to get from 170 to 200. It's going to take me five years again to put this muscle back on. But it really takes like five months. And so that is incredibly good news for anyone that's detrained. And it's news that's used in a really good way. Here's a good way to use this news.

Don't you dare get upset or down on yourself or disappointed when you have to have a layoff of training because it will come back so goddamn fast. And also because you're not pounding your joints into oblivion all the time and you're not pushing yourself through crazy hard workouts, both your joints and your mental aspects are going to be super, super refreshed.

Don't you dare get upset or down on yourself or disappointed when you have to have a layoff of training because it will come back so goddamn fast. And also because you're not pounding your joints into oblivion all the time and you're not pushing yourself through crazy hard workouts, both your joints and your mental aspects are going to be super, super refreshed.

Don't you dare get upset or down on yourself or disappointed when you have to have a layoff of training because it will come back so goddamn fast. And also because you're not pounding your joints into oblivion all the time and you're not pushing yourself through crazy hard workouts, both your joints and your mental aspects are going to be super, super refreshed.

I mean, after six weeks of not training, I'm going to basically be restarting my training career psychologically and joint wise. And that's such a good thing.

I mean, after six weeks of not training, I'm going to basically be restarting my training career psychologically and joint wise. And that's such a good thing.

I mean, after six weeks of not training, I'm going to basically be restarting my training career psychologically and joint wise. And that's such a good thing.

In the Eastern Bloc countries that were pretty good about formal periodization back in the day, a lot of times after a yearly cycle or especially after an Olympic cycle, many of the athletes for about one to three months after the conclusion of, let's say, the World Championships and whatever sport they were at, they literally just disappeared and did not engage in the process of sport training in any capacity.

In the Eastern Bloc countries that were pretty good about formal periodization back in the day, a lot of times after a yearly cycle or especially after an Olympic cycle, many of the athletes for about one to three months after the conclusion of, let's say, the World Championships and whatever sport they were at, they literally just disappeared and did not engage in the process of sport training in any capacity.

In the Eastern Bloc countries that were pretty good about formal periodization back in the day, a lot of times after a yearly cycle or especially after an Olympic cycle, many of the athletes for about one to three months after the conclusion of, let's say, the World Championships and whatever sport they were at, they literally just disappeared and did not engage in the process of sport training in any capacity.

They went on vacation – well, back in the Eastern Bloc days, you couldn't leave the country – you know, had whatever kind of leisure time you have in communism, all the kind of good stuff. And then after a few months, they would start this long process of getting in shape again.

They went on vacation – well, back in the Eastern Bloc days, you couldn't leave the country – you know, had whatever kind of leisure time you have in communism, all the kind of good stuff. And then after a few months, they would start this long process of getting in shape again.