Welcome to the Get Fit Guys' quick and dirty tips to slim down and shape up.

We've all had those times that have become seemingly impossible to exercise, whether due to social obligations, travel, a nagging injury, or even the loss of a gym membership, even the most perfect workout routine can become suddenly interrupted.

But when this happens, how fast do you lose those fitness results

for which you've been working so hard?

How long will it take for you to begin sucking wind again

when you climb a flight of stairs, noticing your stomach becoming soft again, or losing

the size or shape of your arms. In this episode, you'll find out how fast you lose fitness,

and more importantly, what you can do about it. Let's begin with your aerobic fitness. There've been

a couple studies that have investigated how quickly you lose your lungs, also known as your aerobic fitness, or your cardiovascular fitness. There have been a couple studies that have investigated how quickly you lose your lungs,

also known as your aerobic fitness, or your cardiovascular system's ability to use oxygen and

create energy. Interestingly, there is a significant difference between how quickly fit folks

lose fitness compared to beginner exercises. One study observed that conditioned athletes who'd been training regularly for at least a

year, then suddenly stopped, lost half of their aerobic conditioning after three months.

In contrast, beginner exercisers who worked out for about two months have been shown by research

to experience a complete loss

of all their aerobic conditioning after just two months of not working out.

This loss of aerobic conditioning occurs as your lungs slowly lose their elasticity.

Your mitochondria, or the oxygen-utilizing cell components, begin to decrease, your blood vessels shrink in size,

and your heart's pumping volume decreases. You even experience increased sensitivity to exercise

discomfort when you stop working out. So if you're going to quit exercising, you may want to

think about getting into pretty good shape first.

How about muscle? How fast do you lose muscles?

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