Managing a strength training program is like steering a ship on the stormy sea. You may have a general idea of where you’re going, but sometimes the waves are wild, the wind is whipping and you get blown off course. The goal if for the coach and lifter to collaborate and make the best possible …
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DELOAD Most lifters know you SHOULD deload, but few understand what actually happens when you back off the throttle. It helps to understand the relationship between fitness, fatigue and performance. Fitness: An athlete’s ability to perform a specific physical task (i.e., a powerlifter is “fit” to lift heavy weights for low …
At our Optimizing the Big 3 seminar this past weekend, we spent a good chunk of our lecture section talking about training philosophy and program design. When the topic of when to use a deload week came up, people had lots of questions. It got me thinking that my philosophy on deloading has changed a …
If you’re reading this, my guess is you enjoy exercising, and not exercising is a foreign concept to you. But deloading – a purposeful reduction in training frequency, volume and/or intensity – is necessary to help your body and mind recover and keep making progress. Deloads are boring. But Alex Viada said it best at the …
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The body is a fascinating machine. No matter what stressors you throw its way, it finds a way to adapt, however big or small the change. But when those changes aren’t as positive as you’d like or don’t come about as quickly as you want, you have to change your approach. Deloading is not a new …
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