One of the biggest adjustments I have made to my training in general is ridding myself of the idea that a “workout” week had to coincide with a traditional 7 day week. All of my “workout weeks” are 10 days - like in the “5-3-1 Three Days Per Week” edition. I rarely ever HAVE to take time off unless for life stuff like work, family, etc… and I have room to take an extra day off here and there for conditioning, a bad night’s sleep, etc…
currently heading into my 8th cycle of 5/3/1 and have always taken the deload week. Some cycles i did extra conditioning, and other cycles i felt like i needed a little more rest and just didnt mobility stuff or short skill practice. All depends on how the body feels, and how the previous three weeks have added up.
[quote]DanProsser wrote:
[quote]Jaynick77 wrote:
Jim didn’t write about the “Deload” and then put a small disclaimer at the bottom saying “this is only for strong people.” Do the cycles as written, deload so you don’t feel like you HAVE to later and it starts to affect your training. In Beyond Jim wrote many different ways to deload and some of the deload programming can be “heavy” as well. Suck it up and do the deload. Don’t just lift for today, lift so you can continue lifting long-term. [/quote]
That’s all just Jim’s opinion and it’s fine. But for every coach who believe in deloading, there are just as many who don’t. I am one who does not.[/quote]
I have not met a single coach with the belief of no deloads. Do you have a name? Or are we just confusing the meaning of deload?! Seriously. I am baffled with your statement.
The Deload week is important to the program! If you are following the 5/3/1 program, do what it says to do, which in this case is a Deload week. I bet you will get stronger! IMO.
[quote]rsciresijr wrote:
The Deload week is important to the program! If you are following the 5/3/1 program, do what it says to do, which in this case is a Deload week. I bet you will get stronger! IMO.[/quote]
I envy your tan.