Why I NEVER do DELOADS | Training Log & QnA

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Deload Study (I don't think this actually shows that deloads don't

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Deload Study (I don't think this actually shows that deloads don't

[StrengthShowcase]

Deload = lighter loads + less volume = smaller plug + less time inserted. Stay with me now.

[stooge_mobile]

That gag about always training calves, cause you're going up to the 120kg division, freaking killed me.
I feel like that was gold that got missed.

[taylormichellerheanne]

deloads kill gains but girlfriends add +100 gains

[Aeklypsis]

Some people benefit from constantly plugging away sub-maximally (usually the ones with sleep and stress management on point).
Some people need overreaching at the end of a block to achieve sufficient stimulus. Those people need deloads.
There was another study that showed taking an entire week off of training every once in a while (more often thatn you'd think) doesn't impact hypertrophy. If you just work up to a nice top set in your primary movements, just to maintain practice and skill, and then just do some light conditioning and work capacity stuff, you can take the rest of the week off and then start your next block.
The primary reason people waste gains on deloads is that they're doing them wrong. Doing all your standard volume at 70% intensity or doing half your volume at the same intensity isn't a proper recovery week, it's just half a week's worth of training.

[paulwaters]

Matt, deloads work better for older lifters im finding out..Hell, when i was in my 30's & 40's i wouldnt even concidered such as a deload week..

[ndle_king]

Earlier this year I asked the weekly programming thread on /r/powerlifting if it made sense to skip the deload weeks in the PRs 15 week program because I felt detrained and low motivation after the deload weeks. Steve DeNovi the author replied and said skipping the deloads works for some folks and to go ahead if it made sense for me.

The block immediately after skipping my first deload week I tweaked my back and it took 4 months for me to squat 100% pain free again.

[Cereza.Bayonetta]

I never did deloads this year and my strength gains came a halt.. additionally I developed some joint pain. nothing serious but annoying still. I really hate deloads but maybe I need them xD

[brendan]

The deload conversation is interesting. I definitely use to deload too much and I would feel refreshed, but detrained when I got back into the swing of things. I am actually deloading this week but I'm only taking 2-3 reps off working sets and lowering the weight about 5%. When I use to lower the weight like 25-30% and cut the reps back by like 4-5 I don't think it was enough of a stimulus to have any benefit.

[alexwenger]

Watch there's gonna be a scientific article a year from now disproving the disproval of deloads

[mardigbidanian]

It's about where you deload to, the one rep max calculator is a useful tool to gauge where to regress to.

[g__l]

I'm currently enjoying your boostcamp program and one thing I've done is put triceps isolations after the squatting instead of before because otherwise the pumped up tri's get painfully stretched/strained from the elbow bend they get into on low bar. And I have my pointer finger on the line

[valentinocozzi]

Idk about you, but if i go from 15 weekly sets per week to 7 sets per week i don't feel detrained at all, as long as i do a couple of sets at high % aiming at maintaining my strenght and size, then theres no reason NOT to do a deload once in a while

[drinkinouttacups]

Calf raises goated for the weighted stretch on the ankles big difference from a couple sets a week

[midnightshout]

T-Bar Matt isn't real he can't hurt you
T-Bar Matt: 💀

[akadk.m]

What do u que on sumo deadlifts foot pronation or supination? And how do u find out how close to get ur hips to the bar?

[lylecorner]

Did you always not use wrist wraps on S+B or is it just your preference, or did you do any wrist/forearm work?

[ozzysawyer]

using one paper and simply stating "de-training' as reasoning for never doing a deload when its been proven that it takes over 2 weeks for declines in strength gains to become apparent is idiotic. Cardiovascular fitness declines may become apparent as a result of deloads and time off however for longevity and future adherence to a training schedule de-loads and recovery is ESSENTIAL

[kozmo]

Once you pop, you can’t stop
I hate deloads, I always feel like shit coming back

[g__l]

On your boostcamp program you say things like “RPE 7. 1 rep” to mean ‘do a single with 3 rir’. But as I understand it, rpe means rate of perceived exertion, not how many reps you actually have left. So if you do a set of 17 reps and stop 5 reps away from failure, that might be a 7 out of ten difficulty, ie rpe 7, despite not having only 3 rir. Instead of saying “RPE 7. 1 rep”, why not say to ‘do a single with your 4rm’, or a ‘single with 3rir’. It just seems more direct and less likely to have ppl trying to gauge their exact rpe for a single and just focusing on finding the weight they can do 4 reps with, (and then doing a single with it)