{"id":37173,"date":"2019-03-03T02:13:53","date_gmt":"2019-03-03T02:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/?p=37173"},"modified":"2019-03-03T02:13:55","modified_gmt":"2019-03-03T02:13:55","slug":"strength-training-deloading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/strength-training-deloading\/","title":{"rendered":"Strength training: deloading"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>Self-tutoring about plateaus in strength training: the tutor mentions an idea he heard.<\/h2>\n<p>\nMost athletes are aware of reaching a plateau, then perhaps even receding, and how it can derail confidence and motivation.\n<\/p><p>\nYesterday I found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2xto-Z3C6YA\">this video by Lee Hayward<\/a> wherein he addresses the issue. He comments that regression is surprisingly common. What to do when it occurs?\n<\/p><p>\nLee Hayward recommends a &#8220;deload&#8221; phase &#8211; a reduction to 80% of the current intensity. He imagines the deload period might last several weeks. During that time, the body can rebuild reserves and prepare for progressive overload when it recommences.\n<\/p>\nJack of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\">Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane,<\/a> Campbell River, BC.\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Self-tutoring about plateaus in strength training: the tutor mentions an idea he heard. Most athletes are aware of reaching a plateau, then perhaps even receding, and how it can derail confidence and motivation. Yesterday I found this video by Lee &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/strength-training-deloading\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Strength training: deloading<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2948],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-strength-training"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37173"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37175,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37173\/revisions\/37175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}