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The Summer Slide: What Happens to Your Body When You Fall Off Your Fitness Routine — and Why It's Worth Staying the Course
Summer has a way of dismantling the best-laid fitness plans. Vacations, heat, shifting schedules — and suddenly the habit you spent months building goes quiet. But this isn’t just a motivation problem. The science of detraining shows your body begins losing cardiovascular fitness within 10-14 days, and strength follows within weeks. Here’s what summer fitness lapse actually cosrs you — and what the research says about staying the course.