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

[JohnnyPro]

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.

Well that's another way to look at it, I do eat well and I get proper rest, I guess that's how I've been able to make pretty good gains even while overtraining. And of course the AAS help a lot.

 

[Golgo13]

I think its like carb loading... Just holding water. For each gram of carbohydrates you take in, you retain 2.5 grams of water.

I remember in college, after a long weekend of 12 beers a day and 10 slices of pizza a day I would look huge, even my face was bloated. I should mention that I haven't done this for 10 or so years.

 

[Ashop]

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?

HAPPENS to me almost every time i take a break from a long stretch of training. It's simple your recovered and grew

 

[BrooklynBB]

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.

Imagine if you took 3 days off. You'd probably gain 25 pounds of lean mass.

 

[JohnnyPro]

Imagine if you took 3 days off. You'd probably gain 25 pounds of lean mass.

Ha ha, now THAT would be something!

 

[Big Bapper]

When I started training I hooked up with a guy that trained 3 hours stright 5 days every week. Well one day he got banned from the gym for a week for not paying his membership. He started to argue with the manager, so the manager said 2 weeks. I have never seen anyone put on that much muscle in two weeks. Overtraining IMO

 

[gordo14]

Agreed.

I was gonna post, but didn't want to start a good ole flaming of my back side. I think the rest allowed him to grow as well. I have been training hard for years. Well this last week i took the whole week off. I adjusted my diet for my level of activity, and only ate when i was hungry. I lost retained water(less sodium i think), but also my body grew pretty substantially. Definetly noticeable improvement with a tape. So i think it was growth.

 

[JohnnyPro]

When I started training I hooked up with a guy that trained 3 hours stright 5 days every week. Well one day he got banned from the gym for a week for not paying his membership. He started to argue with the manager, so the manager said 2 weeks. I have never seen anyone put on that much muscle in two weeks. Overtraining IMO

That's amazing. I was definitely overtrained. I'm glad I posted this thread, I'm starting to realize just how important it is to take some days off.