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Bryony Firth-Bernard

What is deloading and why is it so important for your workouts?

What is a deload week: man performing deadlift.

Hit a plateau with your training? Constantly feeling fatigued? Are your PBs basically non-existent? Then it may be time for deload. We all hit a brick wall in our training at some point or another, after all, we can’t be smashing out PBs all the time. 

However, instead of trying to go even harder with your training, you’re better off working smarter, and that’s where a deload week comes in. Before you know it, you’ll be breaking through your training plateau and back to seeing those gains in no time. Here’s everything you need to know about deloading…

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