Title: How Do You Maintain Muscle and Strength Gains? - Organic Authority
Headings: How Much Exercise Do You Need to Maintain Muscle and Strength Gains? (The Answer May Surprise You!)
How Much Exercise Do You Need to Maintain Muscle and Strength Gains? (The Answer May Surprise You!)
Christmas Comes Early!
What Do You Mean by Volume and Intensity?
Is This For Reals?
What About Every Other Week?
A Caveat: How Old Are You?
The Bottom Line
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Content: Once the season was underway, half the players continued to lift once a week, while the other half lifted every other week. Although these were fit, extremely active athletes, the group who lifted once a week was able to maintain their muscle and speed gains, while the other group lost theirs. A Caveat: How Old Are You? The one fly in the ointment: Age seems to have an impact on how often you need to hit the gym if you want to keep packing your current guns. In a 2011 study by the University of Alabama at Birmingham two groups of participants lifted weights 3 times a week for 16 weeks. The first group was younger, ages 20-35, and the second group was older, ages 60-75. Of course, marked gains in muscle mass and strength were made by both groups. But when they switched into a 32 week-long maintenance mode, something interesting happened.