Longest lay off

spearman

spearman

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So not gymed for 3 months id say and prior to that for a least a year or 2 was sporadic at best, but still held some resombalance of shape due to trt.

Need to get back into it, but doing a diy project and have no spare energy at the moment.

Going to go back to a very abbreviated version of starting strength as recover has always sucked when I start up again in week or so. I’ve had more come backs that fast & furious lol

What’s the longest layoff yous have had?
 
I had a 3 year break and it was also very broken for 2 years before that too. Despite being in my mid 30’s by the time I came back I managed to get stronger and looked better than I ever had over the next 5 years after that until I detached my bicep then a couple of years after that got a DVT that still gives me grief now.
 
i've been 8 times this year but bare in mind 4 of the sessions were in one week :whistling::whistling:

did take the lad up to the local gym last night for him to join with me, he is 16 in a few weeks time so as i walked up to the gym i seen loads of kid type lads walking out so i thought i'll be honest and say he is 16 in a few weeks so met the guy he said you need to be 16 so i flipped the and said i've just seen at least 4 sets of lads leave the building and hardly any of them looked 16 he said well they will be i said nah they were not one kid looked about 14 so don't give me that and at that point i just walked out.
 
From propper propper training and dieting like 7 years in active a class addiction. Pretty much all back now 15 months later and more. You can do it matey piece of pish x
 
I’ve been off since early May. And then it wasn’t very committed due to ongoing g back issues.
 
To put things in perspective.
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Unless injured or unable to workout, I tend to not have time off the gym.

Due to apnea and covid, my workouts were severely curtailed for a decent chunk from 2019-2021.
 
I think I can top everyone here. In 2015 my world and focus got totally smashed. Between the 11th of February and the 21st of the same month I lost both my parents. Dad from an unknown enzyme according to the final medical report and Mam from syrosis of the liver (she had been a full blown alcoholic for most of her life but the years leading up to her death she was drinking whiskey at around 9am and a litre or 70cl a day was the norm. Now I had no other family so that was everyone bar me. I stopped training as I just didn't see the point, my diet went out the window, ballooned from a cut gym body weight of 17st4lbs to 21st of pizza and ice cream. My girlfriend/fiance stuck by me through my self loathing, blaming myself, self pity and all that baggage that comes with my selfishness. In 2012 we had set a date to be married so in 2019 I decided that I couldn't get married looking like I did (it wasnt pretty ) so I started training after a 4.5 year lay off, gear free too (mainly as I knew I was in no shape or even had the right to cycle as my heart wouldn't have taken it!) During the first 6 months I noticed recovery was harder (duh) but also joint pain was incredibly severe. Another long story short, after bloods, tests, numerous visits to the Dr and a year long wait for an appointment with a pain clinic it transpired that I had a rare (in men) condition called fibromyalgia, which is an increasing pain on joints, ligaments etc (so trying to tell myself it was down to over a decade of squats didn't cut it anymore lol). Anyway I got to just under 19st and although I think I could have done more with aas towards the end, it not only saved my selr belief (and BP) but it made me realise that the goal of getting married helped me shake off the self pity and made myself proud. I currently sit at a comfortable 18st dead but going from not training at all or stepping in a gym for just shy of 4 years that was my longest last off. I still don't do the 6 day a week .5-2 hr sessions of my thirties but at 43 I go 3 times a week in a maintenance full body workout but one day soon, with ailments aside Im hoping to get that 30yr old physique back.watch this space and sorry for the thread jack!
 
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