Posted on 02/23/2025 1:27:41 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27
You’ve been crushing your health and fitness goals recently: Eating protein at every meal, getting seven to nine hours of sleep, and hitting the heavy weights at the gym. But in the past few days, you’re feeling sluggish. Why can’t I lift as heavy as usual? I’m doing everything right.
Well, there’s actually a chance you’re doing too much—and that’s where a deload week comes in.
A deload week is “a period of time where you reduce the volume in your workout,” says Almoni Ellis, CPT, a NASM-certified personal trainer. You either take a break from the gym completely, lighten your load, or do different activities for exercise.
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Yep. Rest periods for muscle groups of 48 hrs. But cardio & alternate muscle groups every day unless tired in general.
I often lay out on the Sabbath, but that’s just me. Sundays are a beautiful day for a gentle workout.
Body building may have benefits, but it is about vanity, not health and fitness.
Not sure how to scale back from zero....
Regular deloads are critical to maintaining gains, preventing overtraining, and avoiding injury. Shame it took me 20 years to figure that out.
“you’re lazy”1
“No I’m deloading”
“Body building may have benefits, but it is about vanity, not health and fitness.”
Eating a good diet may have benefits, but it is about vanity, not health and fitness.
See how stupid that sounds? That’s how your comment sounds to me.
Are you suggesting that bodybuilding is not primarily focused on aesthetics?
Are you conflating bodybuilding with weight training?
“Bodybuilding and eating a healthy diet are not fundamentally equivalent.”
Why not? They both potentially make you healthier and look better aesthetically. The motivation for a person to participate in either one is strictly for their own reasons. Vanity? Perhaps. Healthy lifestyle? Maybe. Just a personal challenge to see what they can do? Another possibility.
Am I conflating bodybuilding and weight lifting? Maybe I am. One you lift weights and the other you...lift weights.
“You’re using a false equivalency (a logical fallacy) in your argument.”
That comment makes you look really smart, except that it’s a false premise.
Here's why:
Bodybuilding, even at a non-professional level, often involves unhealthy extremes due to its competitive nature. These include joint and muscle injuries from heavy lifting, cardiovascular strain from excess muscle mass, and metabolic issues from frequent bulking and cutting. Restrictive diets and dehydration can cause nutrient deficiencies, hormone imbalances, and kidney problems.
Mentally, the pressure to maintain a certain physique can lead to body image issues and disordered eating.
While moderate weightlifting with proper nutrition and training is healthy, bodybuilding's emphasis on ever-increasing muscle size and low body fat can negatively impact overall health.
Are you a bodybuilder?
I have been lifting weights for over 50 years and love it. But I am not a bodybuilder. Just an athlete.
“Are you a bodybuilder?”
I do, and have done, a bodybuilding workout for 35 years. I have never competed, and at this point never will. I totally understand people who use the excuses in your comment. Bodybuilding is hard. You might strain a muscle for crying out loud. The last thing most people want to do is wake up one day and accidentally have “excessive body mass”, because that happens all the time. Let’s look at the words in your copy and paste:
often involves
can cause
can lead
can negatively
Personally, I’ll take the risk. You can have the last word.
Snarkiness is a sign of weakness.
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