Deload week next week.
More accurately just taking the week off from all lifting.
How often do anons take a deload weeks?

every 5-8 weeks and yes i do passive deload (no training whatsoever)

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>>76422467 (OP)
Every eight weeks I take a full week off, then a second week of light volume.

lifting depends on if I have been on point for making it to the gym. If I am only there for 3 days in any week I'll go up to 3 months before a deload. I still show up and swing weights around and often hurt myself because why wouldn't I want to 30 reps, it is super easy. Plus I work on form without respecting the weights like I should.

My nofap and ashwagandha off weeks managed to line up and I am fucking grumpy and getting 3 hours of sleep a night. I just finished my 3rd power nap on the couch since Tuesday. The fucking 5th can't come soon enough.

>>76422467 (OP)
That's not a deload. That is a week off.

>>76423975
>>76422564
>>76422467 (OP)
does it work? I never deloaded for years, benching around 3pl but now stuck
feeling taking a week off may make me weaker

>>76424351
Sometimes you need to take one step back to make two steps forward, anon.

>>76424364
Yeah i guess you're right but i always feel guilty skipping workouts, many times i even went to gym when i was ill and had fever
I think I'll try it for one week

Deload weeks are for lazy fucks

>>76424384
>t. dyel

>>76424384
This is you

>>76422467 (OP)
doing first de-load but its an active de-load. Basically getting a pump with no fatigue, 3-5+ rir slow and controlled. I'm cutting so i'm also eating slightly closer to maintenance but still in a teeny deficit. Actually maybe not as I quit my physically demanding job yesterday so my NEAT has tanked but whatever. I've been pushing every set to failure for last 6 weeks and this last week I really went nuts so its definitely time to give myself some chill.

I can't-not go to the gym for a week because I run the chance that on day 3 I will buy a large pizza and case of beer and it will turn into a 6 month break from the gym. At least I know my flaws.

>>76424373
don't skip - either do 50% weight / volume or do 0% and just do whatever shit you don't really isolate heavily. Abs, forearms, traps, calves, rear delts, mobility exercises etc.

Or a combination of the two

Usually once a month or every six weeks.
Sometimes just take it easy for a month too if work and life is making it so recovery isn't optimal.

>>76422467 (OP)
leanpill bros - i kneel

>>76424351
Well, i've only done one deload so far because my birthday was coming up (only in gym for couple months now) and i made sure to still keep a consistent diet and rest. Actually it was a little over a week. and i actually went up with my lifts. My body does seem to react good to it and actually need it because i can actually feel my body healing troughout the week. But i trained in the past so i'm not shy from really pushing myself in the gym.

>>76422467 (OP)
I take a week off after every workout.

>>76422467 (OP)
These days I feel like every time I hit a PR, even if it's just a couple more reps in my volume training, I need to deload or take a longer rest.