deloading? what is

[water43]

never heard of this deloading as nessary ? recently I keep reading articles talking about a deload time , can somebody tell me what this is and why we need it ?

[Deacon]

deloading what?

[choke]

Are you referring to people training at a frenetic pace for about 3 weeks and then, backing off on the intensity?

[water43]

I guess

[liftsiron]

I only do a deloading phase if I'm forced to by injury.

[Player]

Some people take a week and do just high rep, low weight training for the week. Some people really need to do this more than others. If you do a lot of shaking while lifting heavy might be a sign of needing deload. In my opinion the best deload training also uses band resistance instead of just dropping the weight.

It's not a bad idea if you're PLing of doing pretty intense heavy weight training for BBing purposes.

I haven't done it in quite a while. I'm still alive.

[ozzy69]

I have a deload program based on percentage of max intensity for the phase I'm in.

[pillsbury]

it depends on training usually. probably more used for pl. honestly unless your working with percentages regardless of how you feel its prob not too big of a deal. usually your body will naturally do a deload if you listen to it

all it really is a lesser amount of volume and/or weight for a set amount of time, usually a week. helps body recover from wear and tear of heavy lifting which usually affects joints ligaments and tendons more than anything.

[water43]

I wish I heard of deload years ago when I was going heavy to the max all the time until my body brokedown , shoulders , back , hip I'm still tryin to get my game on one more time before i'm too old ..lol

[Deacon]

interesting