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: This suggests that lifting once a week will give you the same maintenance results as hitting it twice a week. And who doesn't want an extra free day? What About Every Other Week? Although it doesn't seem like much of a difference, research suggests that training less than once a week can result in muscle and strength loss. A 2011 study by Lillehammer University College, Norway had professional soccer players lift twice a week for a 10 week period before the soccer season started. 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: