[quote]Ct. Rockula wrote:
GO TEAM FST-7[/quote]
It almost worked man 
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[quote]zraw wrote:
[quote]Ct. Rockula wrote:
GO TEAM FST-7[/quote]
It almost worked man
lol[/quote]
I’m not giving up yet.
All you misguided heathens must repent and accept Hany Rambod as your one true king. Allow the powers of FST-7 to flow through you!!!1
[quote]its_just_me wrote:
Good video 
I believe the main reason why people feel de-loading (or “pulling back” as I like to call it since there are many ways of doing less) is a gimmicky myth is because they either:
- Have really good recovery
- Automatically do it without thinking too much about it (instinctively do less, take days off here or there incidentally or on purpose)
- Change things like reps/exercises etc, which can force you to do less without realising it and/or can serve as a break for the nervous system.
For those with maybe an obsessive nature, who likes to keep everything very structured, with average recovery, deloading or whatever you want to call it is a good thing (once newbie gains have been made, and well into the intense/serious stage).[/quote]
Then there’s number 4) They don’t train hard enough to need it.
[quote]2020Wellness wrote:
[quote]its_just_me wrote:
Good video
I believe the main reason why people feel de-loading (or “pulling back” as I like to call it since there are many ways of doing less) is a gimmicky myth is because they either:
- Have really good recovery
- Automatically do it without thinking too much about it (instinctively do less, take days off here or there incidentally or on purpose)
- Change things like reps/exercises etc, which can force you to do less without realising it and/or can serve as a break for the nervous system.
For those with maybe an obsessive nature, who likes to keep everything very structured, with average recovery, deloading or whatever you want to call it is a good thing (once newbie gains have been made, and well into the intense/serious stage).[/quote]
Then there’s number 4) They don’t train hard enough to need it.[/quote]
So true! Being well experienced in the gym, there is no way I could train constantly year round without needing some rest time. I personally think it’s utterly ridiculous to expect to train 52 weeks out of the year. Anyone who trains hard will know what I’m saying.
^^
You should have logged out that account first 
lol, for the love of God, 2020 Fitness you need to stop posting on TNation. Your self-promotional bullcrap is not needed.
[quote]its_just_me wrote:
^^
You should have logged out that account first :P[/quote]
Huh? I only have one account. Have a mod IP check it. I just realized that I replied to my own quote though. Thought it was from the other poster in that quote, lol. Guess that’s what happens when I wait too long between checking threads.
[quote]2020Wellness wrote:
Huh? I only have one account. Have a mod IP check it. I just realized that I replied to my own quote though. Thought it was from the other poster in that quote, lol. Guess that’s what happens when I wait too long between checking threads.
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Haha, ah I see.
To contribute more, yeah I tend to agree about deloading (as long as it’s for a good reason, that is, following your own body’s feedback and not just blindly following a paper). In fact, I can almost time when I need a deload every time (usually after 4-5 weeks of PR making). I believe a person doesn’t have to be really advanced to benefit from it either.
When I talked about deloads on here though, it wasn’t welcomed very well (for some reason)… think people feel it’s just a craze/fad? Strange, because resting for up to a week after 8+ weeks of intense training was pretty standard practice for bodybuilders years ago, yet deloading is received with hostility now?
1 sign of overtraining
LACK OF FOOD
[quote]its_just_me wrote:
In fact, I can almost time when I need a deload every time (usually after 4-5 weeks of PR making). I believe a person doesn’t have to be really advanced to benefit from it either.
When I talked about deloads on here though, it wasn’t welcomed very well (for some reason)… think people feel it’s just a craze/fad? Strange, because resting for up to a week after 8+ weeks of intense training was pretty standard practice for bodybuilders years ago, yet deloading is received with hostility now? [/quote]
It’s good advice, mirrors my experience probably more so following a “power building” setup though.
[quote]kaisermetal wrote:
1 sign of overtraining
LACK OF FOOD
[/quote]
I’d view that as more of a cause myself. Thanks for posting.
[quote]plateau wrote:
It’s good advice, mirrors my experience probably more so following a “power building” setup though.[/quote]
Thanks. Yeah I think that those who’re more into volume training, or rarely go below 10 reps/exercises probably needn’t worry as much, but heavy lower rep training (especially on the big lifts) does require “resetting” periodically to allow the nervous system to ‘rebound’.
[quote]kaisermetal wrote:
1 sign of overtraining
LACK OF FOOD
[/quote]
Adequate diet is probably one of the main reasons for lack of progress (this is very basic stuff), but up to a certain point, you’ve got to work with the body’s capacity to bounce back. As mentioned before, some peoples training is that sporadic (or instinctive) that they auto-regulate intensity…but for those past the newbie stages and serious (after making solid progress for some time), they should be more concerned about pulling back now and then.
Periodisation/deloading or whatever you want to call it isn’t an excuse to slack, it’s a means of allowing progression. If you lifted the same weight as last week, and the week before, (are gaining weight too) and didn’t improve the quality/tension in any way…you did crap all for progress and only a mentally insane person would keep doing the same thing over and over and expect a different outcome.
Over-training is such a fearful word on here; it’s either over-used or it’s existence denied completely (both camps are wrong). There is such thing as training a little beyond your capacity to optimally recover (not necessarily full blown over-training).
I don’t believe in over training, just under resting.
Good luck.
AUTOREGULATION / thread
I dont believe in planned deload. what if I feel really good that session ?? going from a possible PR to a lifting with pinky 5lb dumbbells is a major dealbreaker…I d rather stay home. When I deload I lower the volume keep intensity the same and/or include more isolation.
[quote]solidkhalid wrote:
I don’t believe in over training, just under resting.
Good luck.[/quote]
Why do you think overtraining is mythical? Who would benefit from it being a myth? In other words, why would the millions of people who believe in it make it up?
So you are telling me that you can train as much as you want, as hard as you want, with rest days, and the cumulative effect of those hard training sessions will not add up over time and cause the need for a break? Keep in mind, a deload doesn’t only mean time completely away from the gym. A light (50%) time period is an acceptable deload as well.