Hye guys,
I ften go back to the Westside program because it always produces solid gains. My question is, i know i should be doing a deloading week at some point, but how long into the program would be a proper point to deload…Week 12? 16? or sooner?
Thanks for the help
[quote]gsxtacy wrote:
Hye guys,
I ften go back to the Westside program because it always produces solid gains. My question is, i know i should be doing a deloading week at some point, but how long into the program would be a proper point to deload…Week 12? 16? or sooner?
Thanks for the help[/quote]
I’ve never heard of anyone having to de-load on the program. It’s not like it’s high-frequency or volume or anything.
Don’t de-load on it.
My .02.
Agreed. 9x out of 10 deloading is overrated.
I found that as long as I was eating enough, sleeping enough, and taking advantage of other recovery methods, I could go hard on WS4SB for as long as I needed.
I just got back in the gym after a 7 week lapse (school, trip, etc…). Coming back from that, I needed a break after about 3 weeks of training. Other than that, I’d agree with the others on no need for a deload.
On whether deloading is needed:
Take a look at this program (I’m serious, actually read it) and see what kind of volume is involved: 404 | Dragon Door
Also consider that those doing a program like this have already probably tripled their strength from their starting point and are using very serious weights, much more demanding on the system than the weights of a new trainer.
THIS kind of program calls for a deload.
You can decide for yourself, after considering the volume and intensity of work done here, how your program compares and whether it makes sense that likewise it has need of a frequent, programmed deload.
That is not to say that in the passage of time you might not evaluate your own situation and feel, perhaps correctly, that a week of low demands on your body might be a good thing at that particular time.
Now, if DeFranco’s got it programmed in, then if want to follow his program not a variant, then do it (else you are not following his program, but a variant.)
Myself, I think that anyone who needs a deload on that kind of volume would never last in the gulag.
[quote]Bill Roberts wrote:
On whether deloading is needed:
Take a look at this program (I’m serious, actually read it) and see what kind of volume is involved: 404 | Dragon Door
Also consider that those doing a program like this have already probably tripled their strength from their starting point and are using very serious weights, much more demanding on the system than the weights of a new trainer.
THIS kind of program calls for a deload.
You can decide for yourself, after considering the volume and intensity of work done here, how your program compares and whether it makes sense that likewise it has need of a frequent, programmed deload.
That is not to say that in the passage of time you might not evaluate your own situation and feel, perhaps correctly, that a week of low demands on your body might be a good thing at that particular time.
Now, if DeFranco’s got it programmed in, then if want to follow his program not a variant, then do it (else you are not following his program, but a variant.)
Myself, I think that anyone who needs a deload on that kind of volume would never last in the gulag.[/quote]
Thanks Bill your advice is always helpful. Its not that I have stopped making gains, I was jsut curious if a deload would cause some delayed composition or help me increase my ME lifts by giving the CNS a break. But, since the consensus is I dont need one, more ME days is fine by me!
Glad you’re still making gains on it! A good reason then to continue as you have.