Question for those that eat High Protein for Muscle Building

Boingo1
Boingo1 Posts: 205 Member
in Food and Nutrition
For those eating high protein while doing weight training. When you take off a week for "recovery", and do light exercise and stretching, do you continue to eat the same way? Or change it up? And how?

I'm currently doing a 3 month rotation of Cathe Friedrich's STS (but mish mosh, not as is). Every 5th week is "Recovery", which only calls for stretches/yoga 3 times that week. I'm trying to eat less, but I feel hungry sometimes. Not sure if I should keep up the high protein/calories during the rest week.

What do you do?

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  • wellbert
    wellbert Posts: 3,924 Member
    Many weight training programs include 3-4 weeks of progression, followed by a week of "deload" at a lower weight.
  • Boingo1
    Boingo1 Posts: 205 Member
    So you eat less on the "deload" week? How much less?
  • wellbert
    wellbert Posts: 3,924 Member
    So you eat less on the "deload" week? How much less?

    Oh sorry, kinda skipped that.

    Eat the same, for recovery purposes.

    Some people eat lower carbs on off-days or recovery days. YMMV.
  • Bassgirl51
    Bassgirl51 Posts: 117
    Bump, I want to too.
  • mmapags
    mmapags Posts: 8,934 Member
    Keep protein constant even during a deload week or a week off altogether. It will help maintain the lean muscle tissue.
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    So you eat less on the "deload" week? How much less?

    Oh sorry, kinda skipped that.

    Eat the same, for recovery purposes.

    Some people eat lower carbs on off-days or recovery days. YMMV.

    Exactly what I was going to type.
  • GuybrushThreepw00d
    GuybrushThreepw00d Posts: 784 Member
    I eat the same diet :)
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    So you eat less on the "deload" week? How much less?

    Oh sorry, kinda skipped that.

    Eat the same, for recovery purposes.

    Some people eat lower carbs on off-days or recovery days. YMMV.

    ^^this
  • haroon_awan
    haroon_awan Posts: 1,208 Member
    It's called a Recovery Week for a reason, remember. How can you recover adequately if you are eating much less than you normally do? If you're hungry, you're body is telling you that it needs more food. Treat yourself with respect and eat some carbs/protein/fats to fuel your body and decrease stress.
  • kaervaak
    kaervaak Posts: 274 Member
    When I don't make it to the gym I cut back on carbs and calories pretty heavily. Carbs are mainly post workout for me, so if I don't workout, I don't eat as many carbs.
  • Boingo1
    Boingo1 Posts: 205 Member
    Thanks!! I appreciate your advice and help. Makes sense!
  • Jester522
    Jester522 Posts: 392
    For those eating high protein while doing weight training. When you take off a week for "recovery", and do light exercise and stretching, do you continue to eat the same way? Or change it up? And how?

    I'm currently doing a 3 month rotation of Cathe Friedrich's STS (but mish mosh, not as is). Every 5th week is "Recovery", which only calls for stretches/yoga 3 times that week. I'm trying to eat less, but I feel hungry sometimes. Not sure if I should keep up the high protein/calories during the rest week.

    What do you do?

    All about the deload week....or 3 lol. I eat the same way - no reason to change. I could use the hypercaloric time period to allow my body to rehab the daily massacre I put it through.

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