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I took a 1 week off from lifting weights due to being away in a remote location. It was after 9 weeks of hitting my 3 intense (mainly compound lift) sessions per week.

Instead of trying to workout in sub optimal conditions, I treated it as a rest week.

I'm down 2kgs in weight (aiming for recomp) & my muscles feel recharged & fully recovered. My Strength still increased but I'm still a good 15-20% off where I was 3 years ago.

I always find these kinds of things counter intuitive initially. I think I'm going to incorporate a break every 8-10 weeks now.

63f1576a... 3mo ago

Super-compensation is one name for this. (I'm sure science bros would correct me on this, but who cares).

Your body not only adapts to the previous regular stress of regular exercise. But, given the chance, it will seemingly increase strength output. Definitely a good call to incorporate deloads into training.

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Brisket 3mo ago

I remember reading something about it a long while back.

I don't think I've ever included scheduled breaks before.

Seemed to work well.