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Should you just listen to your body and take a rest when you’re feeling super exhausted? Or push through and get the workout done ?
Listen to your body ?
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You definitely need to deload occasionally to take strain off of your CNS, and to prevent injuries. You dont neccesarily need to take a week off of the gym, but taking a week to work light every once and a while can help you move forward.
If you feel tired and worn out then obviously yes. Eventually you are going to injure yourself if you just keep neglecting what your body is trying to tell you.
most guys unfortunately do not know when they need a break. only experience and really knowing your body is the way
a lot of people get tired cause they eat a big meal and get sleepy after.. when your body digests food it uses up a lot of its energy
in the end you need to be doing maintenance on your body, just like your car. i recommend bikram yoga once a week, it will decompress your discs/joints and help mobility/flexbility.
a lot of people get tired cause they eat a big meal and get sleepy after.. when your body digests food it uses up a lot of its energy
in the end you need to be doing maintenance on your body, just like your car. i recommend bikram yoga once a week, it will decompress your discs/joints and help mobility/flexbility.
I don't deload as such and it's fast becoming a term people throw around without having first trained hard enough to make stuff happen. If I hit a high (an example would be benching 170kg at the mo if I did) I'd just change the exercise completely and cycle my strength up on that.
By way of example I was hitting the tricep pressdowns to 17 of the 20 stack plates x 8 reps. I switched last week to kick backs and skull crushers (so an isolation pre-exhausting a compound.
By way of example I was hitting the tricep pressdowns to 17 of the 20 stack plates x 8 reps. I switched last week to kick backs and skull crushers (so an isolation pre-exhausting a compound.
Try my idea and see if it works
I always listen to my body. Usually after about 3 to 4 months of progressive overload and increases, my body is pretty beat up. I feel it, and the lifts really start to stagnate. That's when I take a week off. Come back rejuvenated which more times than not can turn into some big gains again, on top of feeling great
Personally I just listen to my body
