You Can Maintain Your Gains With Only One Workout a Week
Give yourself training flexibility
In the world of fitness, consistency is often touted as the key to success. The mantra of “use it or lose it” is echoed in gyms and fitness communities worldwide, but what happens when life gets in the way of your training routine?
A recent study published in the journal Sports sheds light on this issue, exploring the impact of reduced training frequencies on strength and muscle size. The findings offer valuable insights not only for athletes and fitness enthusiasts but also for those in rehabilitation settings, highlighting how much training is necessary to maintain gains when schedules become less predictable.
It takes less effort and volume to sustain gains
Thirty-four healthy females between the ages 18 and 26 years and with no systematic experience in resistance or aerobic training for at least 2 years participated in the study. Whenever you are reading a study or a write-up using a study as supporting evidence, make sure you understand the population being tested. These results cannot be generalized to everyone. They are simply a starting point and need to be compared with other evidence, which I will do later.
