OK Eric, we're definately on the same page with all the theory and technicalities then.
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In a way, you've answered you're on question except to misunderstand what a back off is. A backoff is never done to the point that it allows you to "lose" fitness. Only to the point that it allows accumulated fatigue to drop enough so that the gains in fitness that are occuring as you recover can be shown...i.e. greater "preparedness".
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- Yeah, I think that's where I was having difficulties. I was using the phrase "back off" wrong. When preparedness drops then performance will go down. This is not the same as having to"back off," it's just having to use less weight. I messed that up.
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I think you may be overestimating what it takes to allow this.
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I think so too. I haven't got enough experience with this yet.
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There is a huge difference between the stress required to improve fitness and that required to maintain it. This is really fundamental stuff when if comes to strength. But without getting into different kinds of strength and all that let me point out that we would be in big trouble if we always had to maintain the same volume in order to retain strength!
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- Most definately. I didn't mean to make it sound so black and white.
Cheers,
Jeff