I am not going to be able to lift weights for a month and I dont want to lose my muscle. What can I do to still get bigger or at least prevent me from shrinking?
2007-06-20 15:38:08 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
just jogging, treadmill, and have a health food.
2007-06-20 15:42:14 · answer #1 · answered by Januar A 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
you will not see any hypertrophy in the muscle cell when going from resistance training to bodyweight only training.
with out an increasing load on the muscle cell there is no microtrauma induced and no reason for the cell to adapt and grow larger when it repairs
for example say you bench 150 lbs for 10 reps on your last working set of bench and your body weight is 175 lbs. a push up is roughly 60% of the body weight if the person is symmetrical. so at a bodyweight of 175 lbs a puch up would equate to around 100 lbs. the load that is placed on the muscles has decreased and there will not be sufficient stimulation for either gains in strength or hypertrophy
regardless you won't loss any muscle mass in only 30 days unless you severely restricted your calories and did a lot of high intensity cardio almost daily. when the level of daily exercise is decreased so is muscle protein turnover so the body requires less nutrients to maintain the current state
2007-06-20 15:52:07 · answer #2 · answered by lv_consultant 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Push-ups, situps, lunges, body weight squats, if you can find a bar, pull-ups, dips from a chair, calf raises off the a stair or dictionary.
You can use water jugs or peanut butter jars as weight if you really want. Then you could do curls.
Hope that helps some!
Scroll through the tv guide and see what exercise shows are on. There might be something good.
2007-06-20 15:41:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
you at the instant are not likely to drop some pounds in case you're on a muscle construction regiment. the guideline of thumb in case you opt for to earnings muscle rapid is to take 1g of protein per bodyweight, so in case you weigh a hundred and twenty kilos you would be wanting to take 120g of protein in an afternoon.
2016-10-08 22:24:46 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pull ups and push ups for upper body, squats and running lower do neglect the sit ups either
2007-06-20 15:41:00 · answer #5 · answered by Dan the man 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
you won't beable to "get bigger" but you'll beable to maintain. and could possibly be a good time for you to "cut" if you're not already.
Push ups, pull ups, sit ups, and sprints will all help maintain what you have going on. also, you can do squats or star jumpers. those things kill...
2007-06-20 15:42:26 · answer #6 · answered by joseph 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
pilates is great. You can even do it with just a mat and no machine. Long and lean muscle, not bulk like w/ weights
2007-06-20 15:41:53 · answer #7 · answered by suze 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
simmilar to the push up- but stay in that position for as long as you can! You gain a lot of strength and its quite tough!
2007-06-20 15:41:01 · answer #8 · answered by Moss B 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Push ups. and sit ups
2007-06-20 15:40:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
arm excersices or you can go swimming and just lift your arms up and down if swimmings too intense
2007-06-20 15:41:12 · answer #10 · answered by J.A.K. <3 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
push ups and pull ups
2007-06-20 15:39:52 · answer #11 · answered by jack 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋