I’m not sure if it’s just me and my smaller body frame, but when I’m out sick (and not eating right/taking protein supplements) for more than a week, I lose mass and strength so fast. Like I mentioned, I had all 4 of my wisdom teeth extracted a few weeks ago and was not only away from the gym for more than a week, but I was hardly eating anything. I thought the weight that I lost was just water weight, but now that I’m back at the gym, it really feels like I lost about a month worth of gains. It’s just kind of depressing to know that I have to stay on it so hard and so well to keep the muscle that I have. I know some bigger guys like my buddy Dave, who can take months off at a time, keep his size and most of his strength, but I guess that’s just differences in our physiology.
After a couple weeks back at the gym, I’ve gained back a lot of what I lost, but I’m still not as strong as I was right before I had the surgery. My workout schedule (and my workout buddies’) have been a little off lately because of the holidays with families coming in and out of town. The strange thing is my gym is still as busy as ever. Back when i used to work out in HB, by this time of year the gym was empty. I’m scared to think how busy it will be right after the new year.
December 6th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
Yeah, my gym in Irvine has been super crowded too, which is really unusual for this time of year. January is going to suck.