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185: Deloads (How to Use Them & Who Needs Them) Beyond Fit
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- Health & Fitness
Your body can't adapt without recovery.
That's why in addition to prioritizing weekly recovery we sometimes need a deload, where training load is dramatically reduced to "supercharge" recovery.
It's like an oil change for our body.
The study I referenced in which men who took multiple 3 week breaks throughout the course of a 24 week training cycle saw the same gains as men who trained throughout the cycle without breaks.
Your body can't adapt without recovery.
That's why in addition to prioritizing weekly recovery we sometimes need a deload, where training load is dramatically reduced to "supercharge" recovery.
It's like an oil change for our body.
The study I referenced in which men who took multiple 3 week breaks throughout the course of a 24 week training cycle saw the same gains as men who trained throughout the cycle without breaks.
16 min