How to approach “Deload”

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  Jack Bartlett

  5/16/23, 5:50 AM

  Just had a question on how to approach the deload week in your 16 week shredding program, where week one is fours sets, week two is five, week 3 is 6, and week four is the deload with 3.

  should I try to push strength/weight on this week to take advantage of the lightened volume of sets to prime for the next four week cycle? Or should I keep the same warmup and top set weight as previous weeks to allow muscles to get a break as the name implies?

  thanks, Ive just never done one before and wanted to ask

  Jack

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  Damien Martinez

  5/16/23, 2:03 PM

  @Jack Bartlett personally, I use the DELOAD week to focus a little more on weights. I continue the week #8 of the extreme shredded plan (training five days), and I'm proud to report that my loads have increased to my quads, Hamstrings & Chest. 

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  Jay Cutler Admin

  5/18/23, 7:12 PM

  Exactly the whole purpose is to scale the volume down but keep the weights heavy does it make sense to you?

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  Damien Martinez

  5/20/23, 2:43 PM

  @Jay Cutler it's perfect every 3 weeks. I use to do it every 5 weeks before ; but I recover better that way now. 

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  Jack Bartlett

  5/22/23, 5:51 AM

  Ok thankyou!

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