# Strength boost after time off from training **URL:** \ **Category:** Training Discussion\ **Created:** [June 26, 2018, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/strength-boost-after-time-off-from-training/2468 "2018-06-26T17:24:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jaydad728](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/13edae/32.png) [@Jaydad728](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Jaydad728)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2018, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/strength-boost-after-time-off-from-training/2468/1 "2018-06-26T17:24:21Z")
Hey, Does anybody else feel that when you do not work out for 5 or more days that you come back stronger than ever? I had to take a few days with no working out and when I returned to training I suddenly had an extra 40 lb added to my deadlift e1rm. What used to be a 5 reps @ RPE 8 turned into @ RPE 5. I didn’t feel THAT overtrained/overstressed that I needed a long rest period…But it seems to work! This isn’t the first time I responded this way. Justin ---
**Author:** ![Dave\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5e9695/32.png) [@Dave\_E](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Dave_E)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2018, 11:38pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/strength-boost-after-time-off-from-training/2468/2 "2018-06-26T23:38:28Z")
Wouldn’t go so far as to say I had a strength ‘boost’, but I certainly don’t fret about taking a few weeks holiday and not even touching a barbell. I can always seem to pick up where I left off and feeling far more invigorated to boot. Then again I’ve had similar results from just deciding training is becoming tedious and spending a week doing more GPP type stuff. Obviously, neither one of these strategies is optimal in the long term. ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Bryan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/bear_bryan/32/580_2.png) [@Bear\_Bryan](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Bear_Bryan)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 6:03am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/strength-boost-after-time-off-from-training/2468/3 "2018-06-27T06:03:56Z")
I noticed this back when I used to do bro splits. It was never repeatable though, in that I couldn’t lift one week then take a week off twice in a row and come back stronger after that second off week. It only seemed to work once every couple of months. ---
**Author:** ![t\_angeiras](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/t_angeiras/32/5445_2.png) [@t\_angeiras](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/t_angeiras)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 9:16am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/strength-boost-after-time-off-from-training/2468/4 "2018-06-27T09:16:03Z")
This is actually very similar to a desensitizing/resensitizing after a pivot or deload week. Like this guy doing the LP that Jordan mentions here: [https://youtu.be/CGszuBHrwE0?t=34m33s](https://youtu.be/CGszuBHrwE0?t=34m33s) ---
**Author:** ![Art\_Vandelay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8edcca/32.png) [@Art\_Vandelay](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Art_Vandelay)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 2:13pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/strength-boost-after-time-off-from-training/2468/5 "2018-06-28T14:13:47Z")
I’ve always experienced the opposite. If I stop training for 5-7 days, it takes me 2-3 weeks to get back to where I was prior to stopping. This is why I fear getting sick so much! ---
**Author:** ![I\_am\_not\_a\_robot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/i_am_not_a_robot/32/83_2.png) [@I\_am\_not\_a\_robot](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/I_am_not_a_robot)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/strength-boost-after-time-off-from-training/2468/6 "2018-06-28T19:01:47Z")
> [@Art\_Vandelay](#): > > I’ve always experienced the opposite. If I stop training for 5-7 days, it takes me 2-3 weeks to get back to where I was prior to stopping. This is why I fear getting sick so much! This is my experience as well. I can take 1 week off and be just fine. But any more than that, and usually about 2-4 weeks before I’m back and rollin’.