Training hard is essential for progress, but relentless intensity without smart breaks can sabotage results. Deload weeks ...

A deload week is a planned period of time (typically a week) during which you reduce the intensity or volume of your workouts and focus on active recovery and lower-intensity workouts instead. Lower ...

Hit a plateau with your training? Constantly feeling fatigued? Are your PBs basically non-existent? Then it may be time for deload. We all hit a brick wall in our training at some point or another, ...

Taking time away from the gym every six to eight weeks – known as a "deload week" – is actually the key to improving fitness gains ...

You might hit a point when you need to take your foot off the gas and step back from training. Use this guide to do it right.

You’ve been crushing your health and fitness goals recently: Eating protein at every meal, getting seven to nine hours of sleep, and hitting the heavy weights at the gym. But in the past few days, you ...

A "de-load" is a break from your usual exercise schedule to come back stronger. A powerlifting doctor said she eases up on her training for a week to prevent burnout and injury. Deload with active ...

We've all been there: we've been in the gym for months and want to know how to build muscle, but we feel stagnant and we don't break our personal records. If this is the case for you, maybe you should ...

Has the idea of taking a break from your fitness routine this Christmas left you with more fear than cheer? Good news. Rest days are a legitimate cornerstone of muscle recovery – a hard-earned chance ...

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