ANd so i gained weight.

[Oxide]

Hey everyone, i followed DIESELS guide and gained 8lbs in 3 months. Now im wondering, if i stop bulking and keep playing BBALL 3-4 times a week will that weight go away or will it stick with me?

thanks
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[madgame]

if stop bulking implies that you stop working out it will go away.

 

[Oxide]

no way, so if i stop working out i will get skinny again? how does that work

 

[semag]

did you start up creatine too?? Cause that can give you a good automatic like 5-8 lb gain in weight I found....

 

[madgame]

If you work out and get muscular it doesnt mean the muscles will be there for all your life. If you dont keep working out youll lose them. However you wont have to work out as much as u do if u wanna bulk up (I think youll have to work out about a half of the time u did before to keep your muscles).

The creatine part is true too by the way

 

[Need-2-B-Pimpin]

Learn to enjoy and embrace working out, don't just do it for the results. Remember that one post about self-improvement that BBB had?

 

[Walden]

"Whenever we find one of you musclemen face down on the beach it's a penny to a pile of sh*t there'll be creatine in his locker".

 

[Revlis]

What madgame was talking about is muscle memory. It's the abilty to regain lost muscle much faster than it was made.

To answer your question. Your newfound muscle will go away slowly. If you've not stimulating your muscles with resistance weight training then it'll simply fade away. Also BBall eats up a lot of energy and therefore muscle in the end. Make sure you eat enough to maintain as much muscle as possible before it's used as energy.

Keep weight training, it's good for you in so many ways. Keeps ya bones strong.

 

[Oxide]

I love weightlifting...ok..ok.. some parts of it. i dont like working legs and back is ok, but arms is what i love.... but im stickign with it, i love feeling good about myself

 

[madgame]

@Revlis: Thats not exactly what I was talking about. I just meant to say that you dont need to work out as much if u just wanna keep the muscle u have as u have to if u wanna bulk up.
(For example I work every bodypart twice a week and Im still gaining strength/muscle mass...if I only worked each muscle once a week (thus with the half amount of sets) I think I wouldnt lose any strength/muscle mass, would still be able to keep my strength/muscle mass, but wouldnt be able to pack on new muscle weight. (However this is just an estimation)

The muscle memory thing is true too though (at least from what Ive read many times before ;-))