Recommendations for Unloading

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        • Keymaster
          Mike Young on February 7, 2014 at 2:16 pm #205649

          Continuing on my last blog post on continuously low volume??training, I wanted to follow up with some discussion on unloading. It’s very common to hav
          [See the full post at: Recommendations for Unloading]

          ELITETRACK Founder

        • Participant
          Jordan Temkin on February 7, 2014 at 8:31 pm #205655

          Hi Mike, loved the post, just got 1 question, what do you mean by using an?<span style=”background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);”>exponential unloading method? Thanks.</span>

        • Keymaster
          Mike Young on February 8, 2014 at 9:10 pm #205688

          There are two types of exponential decay (unloading)…slow and fast. Slow exponential sees training load stay higher for longer and the dropoff extend for a longer period of time. Fast decay sees a very sharp drop off in training load as soon as the unloading period begins.

          ELITETRACK Founder

        • Participant
          Jake on February 10, 2014 at 3:58 pm #206304

          Would the same principles apply regardless of the format such as:

          3:1 and 2:1

          • Keymaster
            Mike Young on February 10, 2014 at 9:08 pm #206307

            What are your numbers referring to? Are they the loading time to unloading time? If so, I tend to unload far less when the loading period is short.

            ELITETRACK Founder

        • Participant
          Jake on February 11, 2014 at 1:21 am #206309

          Sorry for being being unclear, I did mean the loading to unloading week ratio for the cycle. The reason I ask is beacuse I was thinking of doing a 2:1 during competition phase because of the high intensity but without loosing any gains made in training.

          Thanks

        • Participant
          Ryan Banta on February 11, 2014 at 12:24 pm #206916

          Almost everything gets reduced. Length of warm up, number of drills/lifts, and number/distance of intervals is a good place to start. However, intensity must be at the correct level to keep the body stimulated to race. Also, the amount of rest should be increased. I like the 3 to 1 and then 2 to 1 method each week.

          "Nature hides her secret because of her essential loftiness, but not by means of ruse." -Albert Einstein

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