Didn't work out for 4 days and arms grew 1/4 inch

JohnnyPro · Apr 30, 2008

I went to Texas for 4 days and didn't work out at all, and ate pretty crappy. When I got home I measured my arms and to my surprise they were 1/4 inch bigger than when I left. What would explain that?

ScottMcD1 · Apr 30, 2008

JohnnyPro said:
I went to Texas for 4 days and didn't work out at all, and ate pretty crappy. When I got home I measured my arms and to my surprise they were 1/4 inch bigger than when I left. What would explain that?

That sounds like the old Arthur Jones trick. Maybe you were overtrained and it finally gave you a chance to recover?

PHIL HERNON · Apr 30, 2008

ATE CRAPPY?

JohnnyPro said:
I went to Texas for 4 days and didn't work out at all, and ate pretty crappy. When I got home I measured my arms and to my surprise they were 1/4 inch bigger than when I left. What would explain that?

BLOAT. THAT WOULD BE IT, BLOAT.

pesty4077 · Apr 30, 2008

PHIL HERNON said:
BLOAT. THAT WOULD BE IT, BLOAT.

Maybe he should be explained about water versus muscle.

Thor · Apr 30, 2008

YUP

PHIL HERNON said:
BLOAT. THAT WOULD BE IT, BLOAT.

thats most likely it.

Emmortal · Apr 30, 2008

Did you do a lot of faping in Texas?

JohnnyPro · Apr 30, 2008

Emmortal said:
Did you do a lot of faping in Texas?

What is faping?

Queefer · Apr 30, 2008

Everythings bigger in Texas!

blackhole · Apr 30, 2008

if u normally eat a very clean diet, and then u said u ate crappy, i would have to agree - its BLOAT

anabolicmatrix · Apr 30, 2008

Glycogen is tapped out or bloat. Depending on what you were doing ie bulking cutting before you left.

ironfreak83 · Apr 30, 2008

JohnnyPro said:
I went to Texas for 4 days and didn't work out at all, and ate pretty crappy. When I got home I measured my arms and to my surprise they were 1/4 inch bigger than when I left. What would explain that?

if you tend to overtrain a lot like i do, then your body just got some extra time to recover and rebuild. i can almost bet you that you'll be stronger when you get back to the gym.

WildBB · Apr 30, 2008

It sounds like the recovery/break in your training is what your body wanted to grow. Nice

As we all know...The body does not grow in the gym

Phidias · Apr 30, 2008

ironfreak83 said:
if you tend to overtrain a lot like i do

If you know that you train too much/too often, why do you keep on doing it?

ironfreak83 · Apr 30, 2008

Phidias said:
If you know that you train too much/too often, why do you keep on doing it?

good question, haven't quite figured that out myself yet lol. it's not that i train too often, but that i can't resist going heavy sometimes, eventhough i pay for it later when my CNS gets taxed. everything i do is right on the money according to westside, but i get better results by keeping everything light on my speed days. some days it's just hard to resist when you're feeling strong and know that you have a PR in ya, i'm just hoping that i'll learn to do whats best for the long term goal as i gain more maturity in this sport(powerlifting).

tflexxin · Apr 30, 2008

I had a similar experience. I did'nt train for 4 months, and my ass grew 6 inches!!! hypertrophy is easy!!!

mike1107 · Apr 30, 2008

ironfreak83 said:
good question, haven't quite figured that out myself yet lol. it's not that i train too often, but that i can't resist going heavy sometimes, eventhough i pay for it later when my CNS gets taxed. everything i do is right on the money according to westside, but i get better results by keeping everything light on my speed days. some days it's just hard to resist when you're feeling strong and know that you have a PR in ya, i'm just hoping that i'll learn to do whats best for the long term goal as i gain more maturity in this sport(powerlifting).

I used to try Westside too, max days rock but dynamic days are a pain in the ass cause while doing Westside and get stronger u get easily tempted to go HEAVY

ironfreak83 · May 1, 2008

mike1107 said:
I used to try Westside too, max days rock but dynamic days are a pain in the ass cause while doing Westside and get stronger u get easily tempted to go HEAVY

haha yeah it's a daily struggle on my DE days not to go heavy. they say that your speed work should be light, but all the accessory movements you choose for that day should be done heavy. however, i've learned that i get better results from keeping everything light and high rep on my dynamic effort days, but you're right about being easily tempted to go heavy. i mean after all we are only human, well sort of

aesop · May 1, 2008

Emmortal said:
Did you do a lot of faping in Texas?

fuck + rape=fape?

JohnnyPro · May 1, 2008

ironfreak83 said:
if you tend to overtrain a lot like i do, then your body just got some extra time to recover and rebuild. i can almost bet you that you'll be stronger when you get back to the gym.

Ironfreak, I overtrain too and I know it and do it anyway. I've been training every single day for 3 years now (except when I get sick, which is rarely) and sometimes twice a day. I just can't seem to stay out of the gym. I NEED to go, for stress relief and to maintain my mental health. I guess that might be hard for a lot of people to understand. I know I'd be making better gains if I cut down to 5 days a week. So I'm gonna see if I can do that.

pesty4077 · May 1, 2008

JohnnyPro said:
Ironfreak, I overtrain too and I know it and do it anyway. I've been training every single day for 3 years now (except when I get sick, which is rarely) and sometimes twice a day. I just can't seem to stay out of the gym. I NEED to go, for stress relief and to maintain my mental health. I guess that might be hard for a lot of people to understand. I know I'd be making better gains if I cut down to 5 days a week. So I'm gonna see if I can do that.

Arnold you to say there is no such thing as overtraining, just under eating and under sleeping!

In other words, you need good nutrition and proper rest.