been ill and missed gym, how bad will it be?

[ShortTimer]

Been sick...

I've been sick since last friday and have missed two days of gym this week so far (I usually go five). A friend of mine seems to think this will set me back for "weeks" in my training. I'm just wondering how much y'all think this will screw me up. I may miss tomorrow as well depending on how I feel.

So, is it the end of ze world or what?

 

[Lifeforce]

Took me almost two weeks to get back to were I was before. But I was sick for four days. Maybe a week?

 

[semag]

Yeah... kinda depends.

If you just take a week off.... you won't lose much, maybe a week or 2 of progress, and it'll come back after the first week of starting to go back.

If you're sick for a week and get weaker because your body is fighting the infection, it'll put you back a bit farther... but it's not the same amount of time to get back. Your body will get back to where it was faster than it took you to get there.

 

[dockta]

relax.. your are doing more harm stressing about it.

 

[Bulldog6971]

think of it as a good thing, a week off after a couple weeks of hard workouts is often a very good thing. I just came back stronger after taking a week break.

 

[dockta]

totally agree with bulldog