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Yes 1 extra day off instead of my Monday & Thursday squat routine if you want to call it tapering. :-)~

Typical hump in:


Hopefully the hump out:

Since you aren't in the Olympics, just stay in shape and go hunting. If your guide is half your age his working aerobic heart rate will be quite a bit higher than yours and if he is in any kind of shape you will make a good accounting of yourself but won't be in the same league. As stated, pace yourself and enjoy.

Stay in shape and go hunting, why didn't I think of that?

Thanks!

Considering this a little the last few days and have arrived at that your body will tell you if you pay attention. Legs tired, work on something else. Lost your enthusiasm, give it a short break. You haven't lost your desire if the habit is ingrained.

Read an article yesterday by an exercise therapist that said after two weeks off you start to lose gains, but your foundation is still there. Two months and you have pretty much lost all.

Have been making sure my daily K intake is meeting recommendations and muscle discomfort has improved significantly. Something to this proper balance of minerals.

Another study re diet and macular degeneration, that has pretty much proven for most people diet can have a significant impact on its occurring or its severity if it does.

Thanks Harry. But if I lose my enthusiasm I just hang out by the entrance to the yoga room for a while......

Yup. You can take two weeks off without losing gains. But once they start going, they'll go quick. Two months is probably right but I hope not to find out ever again. I hurt my shoulder bench pressing a few months back. Not seriously though, so I worked through by repping lighter weight. And I'm battling tennis elbow for the last six weeks. I do as much as my elbow allows me. I don't one rep max anymore. That's always when I get hurt. I use the bench press, deadlift, squat calculators online and compute my one rep max now.

Tell me about it. I had my rotator cuff stitched back together and my upper biceps tendon released (cut) six months ago. Two months of nada followed by months of not much. Back to 80-90% now. But pain-free.

Anything that works the legs and back (ie squats, deadlifts, etc) I take it a bit easy on the week I leave for a hunt. Not worried about injury as much as I don't want to have ride in a plane or a vehicle for that long with them being sore.

My problem is the post hunt/trip motivation. For me it's very hard to get back into the routine of being at the gym at 5am again.