why do u lose strength/mucles if u stop working out for a little while?
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Weird....
- Thread starter mucleboywannabe
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This article is kind of about what you and is a pretty good explanation from
Please go and read the full article and I think you will have your answer.
That's because when atrophy sets in, the muscle isn't just withering away passively -- it's actively breaking itself down!
A complex network of enzymes within the muscle's cells disassembles muscle proteins molecule by molecule. "In order to chop those proteins up, you use a lot of energy," notes Baldwin. If scientists could pinpoint a key "lynchpin" enzyme in this network, they may be able to design a drug to block its action, thus slowing the breakdown of the muscle.
This active breakdown of muscle protein is going on all the time in everybody's muscles, as is the constant assembly of new proteins. Whether a muscle grows, shrinks, or stays the same size depends on the balance between these rates of destruction and construction, a bit like the water level in a bathtub that's both filling and draining at the same time.
Please go and read the full article and I think you will have your answer.
L-Glutamine helps a lot if you take it. It kinda keeps muscles from atrophying as quickly as they normally do. A good thing to do is to get a protein that has L-Glutamine in it...that way your body has a constant supply of protein to break down too. Hope it helps