Read an article on this and had a couple questions I'm hoping you guys might be able to help answer:
(1) I feel like certain muscle groups burn out faster than others. For example, my arms recover very quickly, but legs seem to burn out after a few weeks. Could I do a de-load workout every 4th week for legs, but keep the volume and intensity of the other workouts the same? Or do you need the full week at lower volume to reload properly?
(2) If I change up my training volume about once a month—for example, one month strength (low reps), one month hypertrophy (8–12 reps), one month endurance (15–20 reps)—do you still need the full de-load week? The author seems to suggest that changing exercises and rep ranges might be an alternative to de-loading, but I'm not sure. What do you guys think?
Thanks.
(1) I feel like certain muscle groups burn out faster than others. For example, my arms recover very quickly, but legs seem to burn out after a few weeks. Could I do a de-load workout every 4th week for legs, but keep the volume and intensity of the other workouts the same? Or do you need the full week at lower volume to reload properly?
(2) If I change up my training volume about once a month—for example, one month strength (low reps), one month hypertrophy (8–12 reps), one month endurance (15–20 reps)—do you still need the full de-load week? The author seems to suggest that changing exercises and rep ranges might be an alternative to de-loading, but I'm not sure. What do you guys think?
Thanks.