Can muscles shrink while on AAS by over-training?

[21gun]

ok. Overtraining = lowered motivation, loss of appetite, sleep deprivation, etc... you get the picture. Sure you won't lose much size if any at all. But, why be on shit if you will overtrain and ruin all the gains you COULD have had? Listen to your body and recognize the signs. If any of the previously mentioned signs are "on" then it is time to take a couple of days off and eat like a horse. Then, return ready to go again.

 

[krishna]

Explain to me how overtraining will result in decrease in muscle size..........does this make sense?

If you overtrain, you break down the muscles too much and send them into a catabolic state. You don't give them enough rest and nutrition to rebuild, which is how you grow muscle. If you are continually breaking down muscle fibers, how can they get bigger? Think about it bro. If you overtrain, you're essentially devouring your own muscle.

 

[karachi183]

This is y most BB'ers use low reps with heavy weight. And also y most BB'ers only hit each body part once a week and at most twice (IE: arms maybe twice like mon and friday spread out) when u over train ur not giving ur body enough time to repair itself fixing all the torn tissue so it's starts to breakdown. Thus loosing fat and muscle unless you have extremley high protein intake which won't make that much of a difference and you'll be fatigued as hell etc..

 

[DIVISION]

Do you think that muscles can shrink in size or decrease in strength by over training even if you are on AAS?

LoneTree......you've really opened up a pandora's box here.

Perhaps a change back to your old moniker is in order: Dogoftheday.



DIV

 

[LoneTree]

ok. Overtraining = lowered motivation, loss of appetite, sleep deprivation, etc... you get the picture. Sure you won't lose much size if any at all. But, why be on shit if you will overtrain and ruin all the gains you COULD have had? Listen to your body and recognize the signs. If any of the previously mentioned signs are "on" then it is time to take a couple of days off and eat like a horse. Then, return ready to go again.

If your motivation is high - you can't wait till you hit again.
You are not fatigued between the workouts.
Your appetite is good.
You don't workout when your body is sore.
Your get 8+ hours of good sleep.

Am I right to asume that: if you have all of the above, you are not overtraining. Right?

As for losing fat and gaining muscle, I have solid proof of my own:
In my first cycle, I gained 8-10 lbs while losing 3-4 lbs fat.
Now, my fat is disappearing and my weight is same or more. I can see my muscles bulking, though slowly.
I hate to see fat on my body. I would rather gain slowly than gain excess fat.

 

[krishna]

The question was is it possible? And yes it is.

 

[JKurz1]

The question was is it possible? And yes it is.

I could easily train 7x a week and be 110% every time in........I guess I'm just antsy by nature as I've been active all my life....to sit behind a desk now for 9+ hours puts me in a state of mysery.......I was cut out for contruction work.....maybe own my own company, cause somewhere, this CPA has to come in as not a total waste of 7 years.........

 

[reggieg]

Me thinks that if you trained 7x/week with 110% intensity, you would be very overtrained. But, thats just me.

 

[Clean]

also depends on how much you are eating, sleeping, etc...

 

[karachi183]

I could easily train 7x a week and be 110% every time in........I guess I'm just antsy by nature as I've been active all my life....to sit behind a desk now for 9+ hours puts me in a state of mysery.......I was cut out for contruction work.....maybe own my own company, cause somewhere, this CPA has to come in as not a total waste of 7 years.........

9+ hours puts me in a state of mysery.. Well if you put it like than i guess no.. LOL