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Old 09-15-2007, 11:27 AM
EricT EricT is offline
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LOL, I've done many different intemediate 5x5 incarnations. No offense meant here but, with the proper circumstances and depending on the person, one may be able to go 15 to 20 weeks solid with nary a change, making PR's all along the way.

This is a malleable way of triaing. Everytime you hit a snag or don't get a PR does NOT mean you need to deload. If you need to deload everytime then why the heck are you managing fatigue on a weekly basis? I think around two months on average is when people will start having problems and need to make some adjustments.

No, little changes need to be made along the way and progress can usually be reestablished for a while without fully "deloading".

My first thought is, since you had trouble with bench on sunday and thursday that you could just adjust back Monday's workload a little. Not a back off in weight. Just a reduction in volume. You say you were fatigued. If fatigue is carrying over into Thursday then recovery is simply being outstipped or not allowed...so something needs to be done to allow recovery and still allow progress. But not a whole deload.

However, looking at your recovery day I'd suggest you cut back there a little and see if it helps you on thursday. I would take out the ab work and the chins and just do chins on thursday. I know that doesn't seem like a big deal but it actually can be. you might think about reducing those front and overhead squats to 3x3's. Or perhaps do front squat for 3x3, and OH squats 2x5. Although I wouldn't do OH squats on that day (I usually don't like to do front squats either). OH squats are different enough that they don't really help keep you in that squatting groove.

With your corrent setup it IS possible that some fatigue is lasting into Sunday. You see if recovery day doesn't allow recovery but instead mounts up more fatigue that fatigue will carry over and accumulate during Friday. It's a mistake to think that PR day has no effect on your body. It does. It's just a different effect. But the effect is still cumulative. Especially considering the deads on thursday....

I know that may seem like overthinking the matter but I've done this type of thing A LOT so I've had some time to think .

I think right now your goal should be primarily to re-establish progress on Monday. Then see if that allows PR's to be re-established on Thursday.

As Jeffo was suggesting you should change up things on Thursday. Actually nothing formal. Basically you should change it up liberally and often. 5 here, 3 there...you can do 1's, 2's, 3's, etc..
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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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