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Old 07-04-2007, 09:15 AM
EricT EricT is offline
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See now I said this kind of confusion would arise. Deloading and peaking or tapering are the same thing. There are just different options depending on the level of recovery needed or desired and the length of the peaking phase. Even without the specific recommendations of THIS program it's really as simple as that. Doing this kind of loading without really peaking would equal the same thing as doing it without deloading. Or, in other words, doing it without allowing fatigue to dissapate and therefore any gains to be manifested.

One big problem, in imho, that has come out of these programs being run as cookie cutters, is that the deload or peak has come to be viewed as a program in itself. Hense the question of whether on option is more effective or not.

It's the the loading that comes before that is effective or not. With the peaking you are finding out whether that was effective or not by allowing some rest to happen. The best way to do that is to cut volume and keep intensity the and then raise it to be on the safe side.

But a lifter could very well be able to cut the volume and raise the intensity right away without in period of lower intensity. They could still be "deloading" and certainly still "peaking".

The fact is different people will do better with different frequencies and volumes but really all that counts is that recovery takes place and you show your strength gains. I am not, however, advocating that people don't follow the recommendations that are layed out, I am just trying to clear up the misunderstandings that have resulted from such specific instructions.

If people could just take a moment to understand the reasoning behing things instead of just jumping from one cookie cutter to another, this type of confusion wouldn't happen as much.

It is conceivable that an elite lifter, for instance, might need much more frequency during a "deload" and so in following a very low frequency protocol could actually lose some strength. Purely hypothetical of course since such a lifter most likely already know what he or she needs or doesn't need.

I know no one will pay much attention to this . Ninety percent would rather be handed a fish and still be starving for another in a few days.
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If you act sanctimonious I will just list out your logical fallacies until you get pissed off and spew blasphemous remarks.
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