A study found that you can lose around 30% of your muscle strength in this short space of time, with the more muscle you have, leading to greater muscle loss from inactivity. It can take around 12 weeks to see any real difference in your muscle loss, however, gradual muscle tissue loss does happen from around 2 weeks after stopping exercise (known as atrophy). Without exercise, your heart could gradually start to weaken overtime, which could lead to a rise in blood pressure, and an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. This means that the heart can pump more blood with each beat, allowing it to beat slower and therefore, keep your blood pressure under control. Of course, a break from exercise will impact everyone differently depending on how long you’d been working out before the break, what your fitness levels were like, how long a break you take, and if you do any form of exercise during your break (such as walks).īut, if you had a fairly good level of fitness before your break, were working out consistently at least twice per week, and had a break of around 3 -4 months (the same time as Lockdown 2020), this is what you could expect to see:Įxercise helps your heart muscle to become more efficient and better able to pump blood throughout your body. However, when you take a longer break from exercise, perhaps for an injury, what happens to all those benefits? Once you’ve been working out for more than a few weeks, whether you notice it or not, your body will be experiencing these fantastic benefits. You will still experience the amazing benefits from regularly working out, such as: stronger muscles and bones (reducing the risk of osteoperosis) improved energy levels, better sleep, reduced risk of chronic diseases (such as diabetes Type 2 and heart disease) improved mental health improved cardiovascular system and weight control. If you’re fit, healthy and exercise regularly then taking a week or two off from exercising is unlikely to have too much of an impact. What happens to my body during a break from exercise? However, extended breaks from exercise, be this 3 months or longer, can have an impact on your body and mean your workout won’t feel the same to begin with. Of course, having rest days are very important for your body as they help your muscles to rest and recover – this is particularly important when doing weight or resistance training as you need to allow the muscles to repair themselves. Lots of our members continued to workout during Lockdown 2020 through our online classes and workouts which was just fantastic! However, there were lots of ladies that needed to take a break for various reasons, and lockdown wasn’t the only cause, sometimes you just need to take a break from working out due to personal circumstances, illness, holidays, or just laziness (we all have this feeling sometimes!)
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