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deload

__RANDY__
__RANDY__ Posts: 1,036 Member
edited January 19 in Social Groups
I'll be finishing cycle 9.3 tomorrow and I am looking forward to my deload week. For the first time on the program I skipped the deload between 8-9. At the end of c8 I felt strong and like I had momentum going into 9 so I skipped. I did hit PRs in c9 but I am exhausted. Anyone else skip deloads? Some guys in my gym have for 3 months (they are 10 years younger than me though). I was wondering about you guys, since I feel we have more in common than the 20 year-olds at my gym.

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  • ilovedeadlifts
    ilovedeadlifts Posts: 2,923 Member
    It usually works for me for a week or two of the next cycle, and then I'm dead tired.

    I hit rep PRs pretty much every workout last month, so when the deload came around, I kept things fairly heavy and did speed work. Then rolled back into a new cycle. Now I feel beat up and I'm looking forward to the light stuff next week.
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