how long (have you gone without training?)

**JessForce** · 06-24-2012, 03:09 PM

whats the longest you have gone without training?

**Baldiewonkanobi** · 06-24-2012, 04:19 PM

18 years. Started at 12 and stopped at 22. Started again at age 40 (32 years ago) and still train 6 days a week at age 72.

Its never too long or too late.

Baldie

**Taylor Normandeau** · 06-24-2012, 06:07 PM

Why didn't you put the whole question in the thread title?

**Curt James** · 06-24-2012, 09:10 PM

Originally Posted by Chode Logan

Why didn't you put the whole question in the thread title?

To luuuuure you in here, you impatient *****. ;-)

Took off for three months not too long ago.

**LSMUSCL81a** · 06-24-2012, 09:30 PM

think 3mo tops

**MattyH7688** · 06-24-2012, 09:31 PM

No more than a week since I was fourteen.. Minus during football season in high school but even then we lifted once a week

**matt1005** · 06-24-2012, 09:42 PM

Took 6 weeks off at the beginning of the year in an attempt to help issues with my back....

**data** · 06-24-2012, 10:14 PM

3-4 months due to illness.

**ManimalPatB** · 06-24-2012, 10:18 PM

1 Week....most recently was when I went home for my mom's birthday over Memorial Day Weekend (and the next week). Drove up and surprised her.

She actually mentioned that I needed to go lift because I was antsy...I went and the gym sucked (old college gym with broken everything)

Besides that never really took anything more than a week or 10 days max off from the gym

**Hydroshake** · 06-24-2012, 11:07 PM

ever since being serious about lifting, 1 year. fractured my elbow playing football.
gained about 30 pounds of fat. i could've at least done cardio but all i wanted to do was lift and i couldn't do it. never will i be so lazy again.

**joe d** · 06-24-2012, 11:14 PM

coming up on 7 months do to mrsa. being out of the gym sucks and its not getting easier over time lol. quitting smoking was way easier.

**Hydroshake** · 06-25-2012, 11:25 AM

Originally Posted by joe d

coming up on 7 months do to mrsa. being out of the gym sucks and its not getting easier over time lol. quitting smoking was way easier.

did you get mrsa at the gym? one of my number one scares at the gym, obviously not as scary as contracting HIV from a cut.

how long were you a smoker? i've known people who just can't quit despite trying a bunch of nicotine products but i also know people who have quit cold turkey with no issues. all one guy had to do was drink a lot of water throughout the day with a straw so he could chew on the straw.

**VinceRKG** · 06-25-2012, 12:28 PM

Mine is going along 7 months now, due to ruptured disk and another herniated disk as well. Have a Dr appt next month to hopefully get the ok to lift again. After losing close to 100lbs in 6 months to step on stage at 176, I am now back up to 220. Was going great till Smith Squats one morning. UGH...now just a waiting game.

**Jer** · 06-25-2012, 06:35 PM

Originally Posted by Hydroshake

how long were you a smoker? i've known people who just can't quit despite trying a bunch of nicotine products but i also know people who have quit cold turkey with no issues. all one guy had to do was drink a lot of water throughout the day with a straw so he could chew on the straw.

My old man smoked for 30 years and one day he just stopped.

I had to take a month off from the gym from mid March to mid April this year for medical reasons......it sucked.

**Mac** · 06-25-2012, 06:48 PM

20+ yrs. Competed in the 80s and quit around age 30. Started back 5 years ago at age 50.

**joe d** · 06-25-2012, 11:20 PM

Originally Posted by Hydroshake

did you get mrsa at the gym? one of my number one scares at the gym, obviously not as scary as contracting HIV from a cut.

how long were you a smoker? i've known people who just can't quit despite trying a bunch of nicotine products but i also know people who have quit cold turkey with no issues. all one guy had to do was drink a lot of water throughout the day with a straw so he could chew on the straw.

i jabbed a screw into my hand and got it through that.

i smoked from 12-28. i was smoking 2+ packs per day of camel wides with the filters ripped off when i quit. one day in the gym i was coughing as usual and thought i bet if i quit smoking id stop coughing all the time. i quit that day. i bought a box of nicotine patches and used them but i still had the shakes pretty bad for a few days and the cravings screwed with me for a while. my thing was to carry cigarettes and a lighter with me so if the craving was ever too bad i could just smoke lol. i never did but i carried them for months.

**soujerz** · 06-26-2012, 12:52 AM

Took 30 days off to help heal a shoulder injury 2 years back, not sure what it was possibly partial rotator cuff tear, or partial labrum tear, definitely helped heal the shoulder and now i am stronger then pre injury in the shoulder, also recently took 2 weeks off upper body only did legs and cardio to heal a bicep/forearm tendon issue i think got from using mixed grip on deadlifts that helped as well. Now i only do deads with double over hand grip.

**bigjavs** · 06-26-2012, 02:59 AM

Couple months recently, ironically it was because I was building my garage gym. I quit my gym thinking I'd have the gym set up within a month but it took longer than expected.

**Rackyourweights** · 06-28-2012, 02:47 AM

I was out of the gym for 4 weeks last summer due to a gun shot wound to my upper arm. In the first week I had surgery to have the bullet taken out of my arm. 3 weeks of recovery and I was back at it.

**MattyH7688** · 06-28-2012, 04:42 AM

Originally Posted by Rackyourweights

I was out of the gym for 4 weeks last summer due to a gun shot wound to my upper arm. In the first week I had surgery to have the bullet taken out of my arm. 3 weeks of recovery and I was back at it.

wtf.. how did you get shot??

accident or someone actually tried to shoot you?

**Aaron Singerman** · 06-28-2012, 04:48 AM

2 weeks

**s2h** · 06-28-2012, 05:47 AM

I have had several diff breaks.....longest was 5 yrs...1996-2001....went from a lean 220 to a very fat 320...

**Rackyourweights** · 06-28-2012, 05:49 AM

Originally Posted by MattyH7688

wtf.. how did you get shot??

accident or someone actually tried to shoot you?

It was an accident, not anyone's fault either. The bullet bounced off a steel target and hit my arm

**Rambo2** · 06-28-2012, 07:36 AM

about 3 months when I couldnt afford gym membership

I still did bodyweight exercises and pressed a railway sleeper

**juiceinator3000** · 06-28-2012, 07:45 AM

Originally Posted by Rackyourweights

It was an accident, not anyone's fault either. The bullet bounced off a steel target and hit my arm

That story sucks. You should have lied in this instance just for effect.
Anyway I took a year off and a few 3-4 month breaks as well. And fuck that quitting smoking is not easy at all.

**TigerUpperCut** · 06-28-2012, 10:01 AM

couple months after not giving a fuck and eating everything

**joe d** · 06-28-2012, 10:08 AM

Originally Posted by juiceinator3000

That story sucks. You should have lied in this instance just for effect.
Anyway I took a year off and a few 3-4 month breaks as well. And fuck that quitting smoking is not easy at all.

haha it wasnt easy but i had the gym. i was a cardio queen for about the first week of quitting lol

**juiceinator3000** · 06-28-2012, 10:18 AM

Originally Posted by joe d

haha it wasnt easy but i had the gym. i was a cardio queen for about the first week of quitting lol

I cut down to 4-5 a day. That shit I'm not even attempting again for another year

**Matt Meinrod** · 06-28-2012, 10:22 AM

I dislocated my ankle and broke my leg, several pins, rods, and screws later -- only missed 1 full week in the gym

**joe d** · 06-28-2012, 12:40 PM

Originally Posted by juiceinator3000

I cut down to 4-5 a day. That shit I'm not even attempting again for another year

just man up and cold turkey it sissy!!!!!

**Rackyourweights** · 06-28-2012, 01:08 PM

Originally Posted by juiceinator3000

That story sucks. You should have lied in this instance just for effect.
Anyway I took a year off and a few 3-4 month breaks as well. And fuck that quitting smoking is not easy at all.

Lol, when I'm talking to the beavers I break out the exciting story, on here with a bunch of guys I'm not too worried about impressing anyone

**juiceinator3000** · 06-28-2012, 01:22 PM

Originally Posted by joe d

just man up and cold turkey it sissy!!!!!

I have a rule that I must be off heroin for at least 2 years before I attempt to quit. I still got 8 months left

**Idar** · 06-28-2012, 03:42 PM

4 months from jan to may this year. Went traveling in South America and lost a whole lot of muscle!

**Amazon Doll** · 06-28-2012, 06:43 PM

I've been working out for over 35 years. During that time I usually hit the gym only 3 - 6 monyhs due to my interest in other sports or outdoor adventures.

**joe d** · 06-28-2012, 07:08 PM

Originally Posted by juiceinator3000

I have a rule that I must be off heroin for at least 2 years before I attempt to quit. I still got 8 months left

shit yea the other is more important to worry about.

**stark** · 06-28-2012, 08:18 PM

I went 10 months due to periformis syndrome, worst injury of my life. My sciatic nerve was on fire and I couldn't sit in a chair for 4 months

**natl128705** · 06-28-2012, 09:02 PM

2 weeks after each show I do, I don't touch a weight, I do other recreational activities though

**Jodie** · 06-28-2012, 10:02 PM

3 months...life crap

**mackdaddy567** · 06-29-2012, 07:58 AM

Started in 04 ay 14 years old and since then haven't missed more than a week.

**SwoleChamp** · 07-03-2012, 04:49 PM

about 4 months...mostly due to illness/surgery...

**KTTraining** · 07-04-2012, 10:45 PM

This summer will be 31 years training for me . Through that time my approach n goals have changed a couple times, of course like anyone else Ive had my share of injuries but i never stopped training or took layoffs . Ive alwaysed loved training so much that there would be no reason for a break . After a contest or something i would take 3 or so days off at best .

**moosj300** · 07-04-2012, 11:52 PM

Most I have takin off was 10 days for hunting

**Popovic** · 07-05-2012, 05:25 AM

1 week

**BigGreen1** · 07-05-2012, 01:17 PM

Originally Posted by juiceinator3000

I have a rule that I must be off heroin for at least 2 years before I attempt to quit. I still got 8 months left

true story?

recently tore my hamstring tendon but i was still training my upper body. hamstring recoverd and my rotator cuff got damaged so just trained legs for abit... only just fully recoverd from both so now i can have a big off season this winter build back up and compete next season