[quote]vancouvernewbie wrote:
I’m currently doing 5/3/1 and I have an upcoming vacation. My vacation happens to land on the 5+ week. I will be missing 3 training days. Whats the best way to deal with this?[/quote]
Wendler had a beautiful reply to a similar question in his forum a few months ago.
[quote]Jim Wendler wrote:
[quote]some_dude wrote:
How I would do it is I would train as per normal up until I left for vacation, then when I got back from vacation I’d start training again.[/quote]
This - just train and then take the vacation. When you get back, start training again.
IN GENERAL:
If one trains hard in the weight room, uses AirDyne every day, jumps 3-4 days/week, runs hills/Prowler 3 days week - these “life” vacations are deloads that won’t matter. You come back home and you can immediately jump back on the horse.
The problem is that people rarely take advantage of the time they have at home. Anything less than 100% compliance with ATTENDANCE and EFFORT is not conducive to reaching your goals.
It takes NO TALENT and your GENETICS don’t matter in regard to attendance and effort. Just like it takes NO TALENT/GENETICS to be in-shape and to make yourself stronger than you were before.
So the problem is never about the deload or the vacation.
When I’m on vacation, I’M ON VACATION. I’ve made the “gotta find a place to train” mistake way to many times.[/quote]
Long story short, don’t sweat it one bit. Take the vacation, enjoy the vacation, don’t think about your training while you’re on vacation, and pick up where you left off when you get back. Not a big deal, and certainly not the kind of thing that will make-or-break your long-term progress.