How quickly does fitness depreciate?

From my experience this is as much dependent upon what I am eating as what I am doing. To give some context, I am 5' 10'', consistently active, and about 185 pounds. I'll cite a few examples below. read more

From Fit to Not-So-Much* First it should be noted that it’s impossible to estimate a percentage of loss per day — everyone is different and it’s not a straight line of loss, but we can make some generalizations based on research into this and some knowledge about how your body works. read more

A lot of this also depends on which aspect of fitness we are talking about. For example it takes a lot longer to lose muscle mass than it does to lose cardiovascular conditioning. It happens, just at a slower rate. That's one reason why you have to hold yourself back when you get back in the gym after 3 or more weeks off. read more