How long b4 atrophy occurs

i have heard 72hrs, but have heard you need 72 hours of rest......i have seen pros with workouts with muscles in 7 day splits........whats your fact based opinions on this fellas

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I hope this helps

what I derived from this is that it takes about a week for muscle atrophy to start but that it's a slow process and using the muscle at all even if it's just daily activity helps slow the progression


1) How long does it take for muscle atrophy?
Two types of muscle atrophy could be occurring in this
case.
Deinnervation atrophy may occur in
association with suprascapular nerve or radial nerve
paralysis. This type of
muscle atrophy can be detected
as early as within one week of which the nerve was injured.
Disuse atrophy
could also be a occurring alone
or in conjunction with the nerve damage. If it were simple
disuse atrophy,
this would be slower in onset
and progression and less severe. For instance, if there
was a muscle or
attachment injury of the triceps
muscle in which it was severed, the elbow would drop and
there would be
nothing for the muscle to work
against, therefore causing atrophy.

Nice Answer!!

Great post mikeswift...good read Iron Brother!!

yeah that works for me.....thanks bro

hw long atrophy

WHAT

I have always been a hard gainer, and notice atrophy if I take 3 days off! Two days in a row is usually my limit.