Will I lose gains at first?

[Major]

Maybe you can help settle my mind a little.. I have been on a 3-day a week full body routine for about six months now and have been seeing some pretty solid gains. My question is, everyone seems only to train a body part once a week so I have been thinking of switching to a similiar routine I would just like to know if at first will I lose gains in size and strength before I gain them?? I really don't want to lose any gains I have made.

 

[huskyguy]

No in fact you may be overtrained and may have just the opposite effect, work with intensity and you should do ok--what does your program look like that is obviously important in whether or not you will continue to have success.

 

[Behemoth]

If he was overtrained, he would know it. Anyway, as long as you can keep increasing the weight you are using, there is no reason you would lose gains from switching routines.

 

[pretty ricky]

why switch if what your doing is working.

 

[Major]

Well I just thought my gains would increase if I could workout with greater intensity and give my muscles longer to rest. However if for some reason I skip a day of the current routine I am on I always notice I lose a little strength. So i was wondering if only training each muscle once a week would result in any loss of strength or mass. I also just want to switch things up a little.

 

[BigRonWannabee]

Sure you can lose a little size if you drop the workload - especially if you were on a volume routine. Even so I dont think applies to you at all. Are you squatting, pulling and benching? Doing all that 3 times a week is too much for anyone. It takes a while to finetune any routine but dont get too caught up on 2lbs here and there whether on the bar or on the scale. Read up and quit worrying.