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Table 8 Resumption of training following deloading

From: Deloading Practices in Strength and Physique Sports: A Cross-sectional Survey

 

Responses (n = 246)

Start a new training block

167 (67.9%)

Progressively make training hard again

136 (55.3%)

Adjust training based on how the previous block went

123 (50.0%)

Start a new programme

73 (29.7%)

‘PR’attempt

18 (7.3%)

Repeat the first week of the previous block

17 (6.9%)

Repeat the week prior to the deload

11 (4.5%)

Repeat the week prior to the deload but with increased volume and/or intensity

11 (4.5%)

No plan, just commencing hard training again

11 (4.5%)