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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.