Ye I thought the extra time off woulda meant u were over deloaded.
Are you new here? Simo is on a very considtent slow and steady approach. I think he’s on his third deload since I started my current cycle (I just started week 11).
I don’t know much about deloads but I’ll get one at the end of September when I go fishing in the mountains for a week. Hell, I’ll probably even lose weight.
@guineapig not sure why you think doing another deload week will make me over recovered ? I basically missed 2 sessions. It’s not like I took a month off !!
@Frank_C is right about my approach and regularity of deloads. Typically i deload either every 4th, 5th or 7th week depending on the training block I am running. However a deload for me is currently just a volume reduction to allow a little more recovery. The weights are still kept the same as through the training block.
So my session next week which is programmed as deload (that’s what the sheet says) but us I’ll actually be pretty much the same as if I did the first week of a new block. It sorta means I am doing the first week twice.
I am expecting a little extra doms next week given the extra days rest so an extra week is fine be me.
I know other people like to deload by doing nothing or going on vacation or whatever but that’s not my aapproach right now.
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I did this, I recovered heaps… mainly around the gut lol
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Power belly gains is stil gains.
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Monday 10th August - deload repeat
Squat
Bar x 10
70 x 5
90 x 3
110 x 1
130 x 1
150 x 1 (330 lbs) RPE 9 a little slow should have been easier
137.5 x 4 x 3 sets (303 lbs) RPE 7, 7, 7
Ok
Bench
Bar x 10
70 x 5
90 x 3
97.5 x 8 x 3 sets (215 lbs) RPE 9, 9, 10
Nice pump
Bulgarians
65 x 6 x 3 sets
CGBP
82.5 x 7 x 3 sets
Good session, felt good to be back under the bar after missing 2 sessions last week. Lots of frustration from work last week got worked out tonight.
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How’re things going?
Thursday 13th August
Bench
Bar x 10
70 x 5
90 x 3
100 x 1
110 x 1
115 x 1 (253 lbs) ok a little slow
105 x 4 x 3 sets (231 lbs) RPE 8, 8, 9
Not amazing but all ok.
Squat
Bar x 10
70 x 5
90 x 3
115 x 6 x 3 sets RPE 5, 5, 5
Down and up, down and up.
Row
80 x 7 x 4 sets
Good session tonight. Still very tired from all the work stuff going on but the weights moved ok considering. Tweaked my neck a little getting under the bar for squats. Nothing bad but guessing it will be real stiff tomorrow. I must have been a little dehydrated tonight because quads locked up in the shower after and were rock solid. Note to self: drink more water.
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I am ok thank you for asking. A little stressed with life right now but it’s nothing to cry about. I am still better off than many people right now. How are things with you ?
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I’ve been drinking coconut water for more potassium. RDI for it is crazy high compared to the sources. Fuck eating 10 bananas a day that’s ridiculous no wonder few get in enough to balance our high blood pressure
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Will probs leave you constipated too lol
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Bunch of avocado works too but pretty expensi. I think I’d get pretty tired of that much guac
Yep and all the tequila you drink with it would dry you out !!
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Hehe I’m feeling like tacos tonight
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Low potassium and high sodium both lead to hardened arteries. The best source of potassium I found was a low fat yogurt. Unfortunately, I think the rest of the ingredients were poison.
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Around about how much potassium was in that. Outside of a straight supplement so far chugging coconut water seems pretty efficient without overtraining ur jaw muscles
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still a good session, keep it going!!
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A 150g serving is 70 cals and has 220mg of potassium. I just checked a banana and I guess it’s a little behind. I actually used to dip a banana into strawberry yogurt. Not because of potassium; I just liked it.
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Not bad. I just find eating to be bother sometimes. I just checked again because I forget but coconut water is 250mg / 100 ml and is easy to fill up a shaker and chug.
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