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BarbellManiac
11-25-10, 8:41 am
Do you guys de-load often or take a week off. I haven't taken a week off in more than 30 weeks with maybe 3-4 de-load weeks in between. Is it worth taking a week off, or is it better to de-load?

suicidegripme
11-27-10, 7:09 pm
Do you guys de-load often or take a week off. I haven't taken a week off in more than 30 weeks with maybe 3-4 de-load weeks in between. Is it worth taking a week off, or is it better to de-load?

When I trained heavy in the 3-5 rep range consistently, Id take a week off every 2 months. Now that Im not training as heavy, I rarely do off weeks unless I have a few bad workouts or Im swtiching up routines. Listen to your body and dont be stupid, thats the best advice I ever got on deloading/taking time off.