^^^^Yeah, I'm not questioning your answers. I agree people would be better off sticking to the specific recommendations as a basis if they have no other clue as to how to proceed.
I'm just coming at it from a general understanding standpoint. Meaning that it seems that there is a complete miscomprehension of what a deload or taper acutally IS....and THAT is no basis upon which to start because, imo, it will lead people to do the wrong thing since they're starting from the wrong mindset. So my posts are just to say, from my understanding, this is what the purpose is and hopefully that will help with training decisions. It's meant to complement not to contradict
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One thing I have noticed is that there does seem to be an overestimation of the amount of training reduction it takes to aid complete recovery. Heck, a lot of people stop and start programs because they think they need two weeks off and so then they begin something completely different. When all that was really needed was a slight backoff in something (not that you shouldn't take a complete week or so off sometimes).