So everywhere online I read that after quitting the gym you will rapidly lose muscle mass, yet I swear I haven’t lost any while hardly training?

[Gangactivities911]

I swear I haven’t lost any muscle mass or strength no matter how much time I spend away from the gym. I can bench press the same weight and reps I could over a year ago. It’s not like I haven’t trained chest at all since then but not a lot. What do u guys think and what’s ur personal experience do you actually lose muscle mass at any real rate when u quit the gym or no?

[RagnarRedbeard]

That type of advice comes either from steroid users who come off cycle and lose mass, and/or people who do a lot of high rep work training for “the pump”.

There are two types of hypertrophy: myofibrillar and sarcoplasmic. Myofibrillar hypertrophy is the growth of fibres, sarcoplasmic hypertrophy is an increase of fluid (sarcoplasm) in the muscles. Heavy weights lead to more fibres, lighter high rep work leads to more sarcoplasm. It’s easier to lose fluid than fibres.

[boggboss]

It means u didn't gain mass to the point that the gym was what supported that size where as if a body builder stopped training and eating they would lose it super quick

[Gangactivities911]

I’ve been going to the gym for years tho and most people I think would describe me as muscular or at least “fit” like I think I def have enough muscle where I should be able to see some sign of losing it after this amount of time away but I can’t

[boggboss]

All I'm describing is the basic science of biology gym gaining mass it is bring supported by your going to the gym if u stop either u didn't gain enough thats outside of what u not going gym needs to support or u are losing it slowly and u have not noticed it