{"id":449,"date":"2026-06-26T23:51:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T23:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/?p=449"},"modified":"2025-07-01T23:58:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T23:58:54","slug":"getting-back-into-training-after-time-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/26\/getting-back-into-training-after-time-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Back into Training After Time Off"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/jun26.2.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-462\" width=\"665\" height=\"665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/jun26.2.webp 867w, https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/jun26.2-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/jun26.2-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/jun26.2-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/jun26.2-700x700.webp 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Life happens. Injury, illness, burnout, or just\u2026 life. I\u2019ve taken time off from training before, and getting back can feel overwhelming. My advice? Start small and start slow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I focus on movement quality, lower volume, and shorter sessions. It\u2019s not about picking up where you left off\u2014it\u2019s about rebuilding a solid base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Be patient. The muscle memory is there. The rhythm will return. The key is not punishing yourself for the time off, but celebrating that you\u2019re back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jean Paul Rivas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Life happens. Injury, illness, burnout, or just\u2026 life. I\u2019ve taken time off from training before, and getting back can feel overwhelming. My advice? Start small and start slow. I focus on movement quality, lower volume, and shorter sessions. It\u2019s not about picking up where you left off\u2014it\u2019s about rebuilding a solid base. Be patient. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[31],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=449"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":463,"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449\/revisions\/463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}