Alterego, thank God (literally) for a little thing called muscle memory:
From an artical in a training manual I have:
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Muscle memory is recognized when someone who has had substantial muscular mass and then lost it due to injury or layoffs from training, returns to training and regains the majority of the mass in a much shorter time than was initially required to develop it.
What could be happening is that the specific muscle proteins in the muscle were cannibalized by the body for energy production during non-use. The muscle, however, retains a higher than average number of nuclei that the previous exercise stress caused the body to create.
When presented with exercise and proper nutrients, new protein synthesis can occur at an accelerated rate.
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Basically, those who have been exercising and slack off can get back what they had a lot quicker then somebody who was never there to begin with.
Keep training, you will be back to where you were in no time.