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That's the proper format for a deload, but what Eric is referring to is different than a deload. Your peaking phase would follow the same template as the deload (as far as exercises, reps and sets go) but during that peaking phase you are progressing rather than simply holding at a constant weight.
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Yeah, Kane, thanks for pointing that out. That's why I wish people could just call it all peaking. Because it really is all the same thing. If you have pushed it hard enough during the loading period then there isn't even any need to repeat the same weight for a whole week. At least we should try to always say "deload/peak together.
You could put some weight on right off the bat and still be recovering simply because of the drastic reduction in volume. So the "delaod" and "peak" would all be considered the same thing. Just like I predicted before, labelling them separately results in people deloading and not peaking which is completly pointless.
Let me make something more clear. The pr's at the end of the loading period are not guaranteed and they DO NOT HAVE TO BE guaranteed-at whatever week the PR's will supposedly come. It's good in general to be at a pr level but just don't regress significantly. You may not even be able to complete the required reps on PR day if the volume you had been doing before was so balls to the walls....that would be OK. If you get an acutal PR then that actually sort of means that you have been able to recover somewhat so it may behoove you to try to push it for another week even if you don't feel like you will get PR's. The point is planned over-reaching resulting in new fitness AFTER you recover from that over-reaching. Not just to load for 4 to 6 weeks to get a PR at the end.