Has fit ever thought taking a rest week for like 2-4 weeks a year?

Has fit ever thought taking a rest week for like 2-4 weeks a year?
Are there any benefits to this?

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No. You will become detrained aka weaker.

took a 2 week break a while ago and came back almost the same.

Sciencemanlet aka "jeff nippard" made a vid on that a while ago, he claimed you only start losing muscle after around 3 weeks or so

I take a couple of week long breaks per year. One is the week between Xmas and New Years and the other one is the last week of June because that's my birthday and I just want to relax.

Oh and I never really noticed a decrease in strength or anything. I just make sure to do a nice long warm up before my first training session after the long break.

I've also experienced this.

I think it is advisable to do so. Especially after long stretches of focused work. Rest helps integrate training much better.

If you're not taking a week off after every training block, then you're losing out on some serious gains

whats a training block?

I'm on a 2 week stop cause of shoulder pain. Can't wait to get back stronger than ever.

a 4-6 week cycle where you run a specific program

i've been taking rest weeks every week since i was a kid.

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Same here due to a cut on top of my knuckles that required stitches. I started back this week and my lifts are pretty much the same as when i stopped. Same weight, one or two less reps in my final set but no major loss.

I think it's a good idea, I wonder would supercompensation come into play?

Same, I was super surprised.

THOUGH, DON'T DO THIS. YOUR REST WEEKS WILL GET LONGER UNTIL YOU STOP ALTOGETHER. IT WILL TAKE MORE WILLPOWER TO GET BACK TO TRAINING.

I'm always stronger after 2-3 weeks off, but I seem to be in the minority.

Not if you still do something during that time, just to keep the habit. Like cycling or light calinesthetics.

I only took 2 weeks off squats and dropped over 50 lbs on my 5RM. Anyone saying you don't lose much are beginners/intermediate

I'll take a week off and usually come back stronger

I take a a week off the gym every few months
Don't know if it has any benefits but I certainly feel less burned out after doing so

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I take up to 1-2 weeks off doing ohp and come back with better gains

I usually come back stronger after a week off. I'll take maybe 3 weeks off in a year, usually for vacation or something.

Just got into a bad accident,rip gains. People who run stop signs and stop lights are gains goblins

You don't ever "take a rest week", you just make your holiday your rest week.
ou never decide for yourself to have a cheat meal or a cheat day or a rest week, absolutely never. You eat and lift extremely strict 99% of the time. But when someone calls you up for a beer or to go out or to go to that festival, you do it gladly and take that as your cheat meal/day/week. That way you feel like you really earned those moments not crying over the carbs or whatnot.

This is how every true Jow Forumsizen should live. If you go by taking every other week as your rest week or every few days your own le cheat day you basically get in a self-hate failure limbo where you're constantly on some "diet" with your friends and simultaneously breaking that by yourself and hating yourself for it.

This doesn't work though if you have some degenerate friends that go out for pizza and beer every single day though.

Do yall niggaz never do road trips or family vacations?

>You don't ever "take a rest week", you just make your holiday your rest week.
This. If I "took rest weeks" I'd never get any fucking lifting done. I only have 40-45 weeks of lifting I can actually do per year. I just don't sweat about it when I miss a week.

I took a three month break after graduating college. When I came back to the gym I was obviously weaker but my strength came back in like 6 weeks.