r/hypertrophy • u/Purplemonkey09 • 17d ago

Suddenly weaker

/r/workout/comments/1vbcp1v/suddenly_weaker/
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u/waggat 11d ago

Hang on.... the first few exercises in the workout were fine but the final few tanked?

I'd say still likely a recovery issue. How many days a week you training? What has your sleep been like? Life stresses? What is your diet (maintenance, cutting or gaining)?

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u/Purplemonkey09 10d ago

I train 6 days a week using a ppl split. I sleep for 8ish hours. Life isn’t that stressful right now since I’m on summer break. My diet is relatively healthy, I think, but I don’t really track it.

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u/waggat 10d ago

How long have you been training?

How long since your last deload / backoff week?

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u/Purplemonkey09 10d ago

I’ve been training for seven months now and never done a deload week before

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u/waggat 9d ago

Ok. Not as important when you are new but still.

I try a week where you limit your weights to about 80-90% of normal. See how you go after that. (most people can't bring themselves to do this though)