Do training breaks affect the 'novice effect'?
Starting Strength book mentions the 'novice effect', where a novice can gain strength very quickly and increase lifts every workout.
Does taking a break during the novice phase affects this?
Is there a 'window of opportunity' for the novice effect? Do I miss it - and consequently get to intermediate type of gains before I should - if I don't increase weight at every workout (because I missed a day, need to work on form, got sick or I'm not feeling my best)?
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You might have to make a slighly restart because you're set back a miniscule amount mentally and physiologically, but you're not missing any opportunity, only delaying it.
Novice gains exist because of the (mostly neurological) differences in performance between someone who is actively working out and someone who isn't.
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