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Yes, assuming that you really do have fatigue and need a backoff. That doesn't mean that while you begin the backoff and begin to build back up that you can't also go for an actual new PR. In other words if you feel like you can do it, do it. Whatever you do for Monday's workout, whether it is to reduce something or to add to it, the idea is to maintain or re-establish the ability to make PR's on Friday.
Rip has some basic criteria in PP of what to look for and how to react. I think for most they'll simply find monday being stalled AND no PR's on Friday so a reduction in monday would be needed. But if you are making progress on Monday with no PR's then you probably need to do more on Monday (I will of course concede that PR's may not be made until after the build up period that most will want to do).
It's going to be pretty difficult for most to know exactly what to do in order to always make PR's. But I also don't think there is any need for perfection. If you go throught with it as long as you can and for most of it you're making some forward progress on Monday and you're making PR's for a good percentage of the time but not necessarily all the time....you're going to come out at the end stronger. Making consistent PR's really means that you have balanced things very well. In other words that you have overstimulated (built up too much fatigue/exceeded recovery) and that you haven't understimulated (self explanatory, I hope). Definitely something to go for but I doubt many of us will be able to manage things quite so expertly .
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Thats one of the most informative post I have read in a long time.Thanks Eric
