
Originally Posted by
bernimx
hey m. Rowland,
i first read that thread in 2008 but just fell back on it again and found it extremely informative and logic, thank you very much for this.
I'm a bit confused, please tell me if i got this right.
At first you were suggesting to reload for 8-12 week, then deload for two weeks, but it seems that now you narrowed it down really to an 8 week reload followed by a 2 week deload, and a two week prime after that if you really were overtrained. Is this about right? no prime is needed after a 2 week deload. Only after a show would you normally need to take it easy for more than 2 weeks. also, you probably mentionned it, but could i alternate between say a blast where i eat a little bit over maintenance, say 300 a day on average to really minimise fat gain and have more of a recomp effect, followed by a second blast aiming at lowering bf%, where i'd follow a carb-cycling approach just like the one you mentionned. absolutely! how do you play around with the dosage for such planning? Would you still increase the dosage? Since i'm giving vague details, i'm just looking for a vague answer; i'm not paying you anyway eh.you still increase dosages during second reload. On a long drawn out cutting phase you do not deload for 2 weeks but some of my clients need a 1 week deload with training only at times if joint pain or fatigue gets out of hand.thank you.