Hey guys.
I know Scott has covered it in forums and in vidoes, that in order to loose weight you need to be in a calorie deficit and that you cannot put on lean muscle while loosing weight.
The exception being when you first start to really work out and lift weights (which I really experienced when I first started working out 3 years ago; the fat seemed to melt off with over 50lbs down in the first 3 months yet was making considerable strength and lean muscle gains).
My question is, can this initial rapid loss of fat and gains in muscle be reset with extended time away from the gym or an extented period of time with less than intense workouts?
Last year was a bad year with health issues (taken care thankfully) and minor injuries (rolled ankle, minor tear in shoulder etc) and as such went from advancing in PPL and making a lot of strength/lean muscle gains and keeping my inital 60+lbs of fat loss off, to not working out for a couple weeks at a time, with less than intense workouts being the norm.
I am getting back to the routine of daily cardio and weight training 6 days a week and regaining that stamina, strength, lean muscle that has deteriorated with the main focus on fat loss as I put on 40lbs over that year. I know I will get back and surpass where I was a year ago, but a friend asked if that "golden period" resets or would one have to do little to no exercise at all for an extended period.
So far 2 weeks in and down 7+ lbs overall, with some stamina increases.