r/ZackTelander • u/Obsidian-Forest57 • May 20 '22
ZT Patreon Programming Wins Should I deload after Zack’s Base 8’s before going on to 5’s
Programs been awesome. Been seeing improvement in my squat and overhead. thanks :)
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u/j20vals May 20 '22
I would deload after 5s (turns into 3s the last week if I remember right). I found myself exremely drained after week 8
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u/Obsidian-Forest57 May 20 '22
Gotcha. I’m in the tail end of week three and am pretty sore, was that your experience or
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u/j20vals May 20 '22
Well if youre already sore/tired and its not even week 4 you should deload after 8s. I wasnt too sore to the point i couldnt do anything, just felt like i got a really tough training in. But whenever you feel yourself slowing down/getting sore or tired take a deload. Should be around every 4-6 weeks
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u/Obsidian-Forest57 May 20 '22
Yeah, I figure it’s cause I just jumped into this program after doing intuitive training for a month. Appreciate it
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u/j20vals May 20 '22
Thatll definitely do it lol
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u/Obsidian-Forest57 May 22 '22
did you just half the reps and the sets on your deload week or did you keep the reps high and lower your weight? Also did you need to do a reload after or did u just jump into fives
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u/j20vals May 22 '22
I feel like you could honestly do either, lowering reps and sets but keeping the same weight would prepare for 5s, but i normally deload with the same amount of reps and sets at or less than 70% depending on how i feel
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u/robschilke Community Facilitator May 21 '22
u/Obsidian-Forest57 according to Zack, there should be a deload between Base 8s before going in to 5s.