Always happens. I take a week off, the first week back is always crap. I struggle with things I should lift easy. I know a lot of guys that feel stronger after taking a week off.
Always happens. I take a week off, the first week back is always crap. I struggle with things I should lift easy. I know a lot of guys that feel stronger after taking a week off.
But eventually taking some time off will help mentally and physically. Now, if you take a week off and do nothing but drinking and eating crap and playing video games, then that's a different story........lol
Always happens. I take a week off, the first week back is always crap. I struggle with things I should lift easy. I know a lot of guys that feel stronger after taking a week off.
... Most likely, your muscle and cardio system are in flaccid state. Therefore, the ability to push-pull is declined somewhat.
Perhaps train 3 days straight with no break, using weights you can handle and go for more reps/sets to prime the system. You should feel stronger by day 4.
I refuse to take a week off. Every single time, I tank and it's dumb. Don't see the reason to unless you're on a ton of "stuff", and you are using so much weight that you have to let your joints/tendons/CNS recover.
My girlfriend and I took our bikes for a week long ride down the blueridge parkway and hit the gym the night after we got home and both said the same thing. I guess a week is a few days to long for many of us old folks
Sounds like you may not have needed a whole week off. Try 2 or 3 days next time. Unless your body was so drained depleted and overtrained that you needed a week off it sounds like your genetic capacity to adapt is pretty quick. In your case your body is adapting to being sedentary but I could just be speculating