Originally posted by Amir R. Pakdel
Hey fubar
Until the end of last year September I was in excellent shape. I'd go on 20mph for two hours straight without feeling a hitch...
so will still take "weeks" to rebuild my aerobic base? Has all the work I did less than a year ago just evaported away?
No it hasn't just evaporated. With any sport or type of exercise, if you take time off, then you have to start off slower/easier and work back up to the point you were at when you left off. Have you trained since September of last year? No athlete in the world besides a ******** one would take time off and then come back and push themselves to their limits. If you had only taken 1-2 maybe 3 weeks off then it wouldn't take long at all to be back up to where you left off. But September was a while back.
I don't think taking 2-3 weeks to do a few strength training workouts, aerobic workouts, and intervals is all that bad. It is way better than experiencing what you have described.