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The Dr. Shannon Show

#143: How and when to take a deload week

The Dr. Shannon Show

Dr. Shannon Ritchey, PT, DPT

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Fitness

4.91.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Deload weeks, or as we call them, "Reset Weeks," can help manage fatigue, avoid plateaus, and improve recovery. Dr. Shannon discusses some updates to her protocols around Reset Weeks based on current literature. 0:00: Introduction 5:00: How to “deload” 11:00: What happens after a Reset Week? 12:30: How often should you take these weeks? 17:25: FAQ: “Will I lose muscle if I take time off?” 20:32: FAQ: “How should I eat during Reset Weeks?” 22:30: The new Evlo membership Studies referenc...

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0:00.0

Welcome back to Fit Body Happy Joints. My name is Shannon. Today we are talking about

0:06.4

Reset Weeks and if you're an Evele member, you know about these. I did an episode two

0:11.6

years ago now talking about Reset weeks and how to take them and

0:14.6

really since then we've gotten a lot of questions about them a lot of concerns

0:19.2

about them and I've also updated my stance on them slightly so even if you're a member and you know about

0:25.2

reset weeks inside and out you've taken them you've experienced them yourself I still want you to listen to this

0:29.9

episode because I think you'll get some takeaways from this.

0:32.5

So I want to talk about what a reset week is and why they can be beneficial and then I'll

0:37.9

address some common concerns with updated research.

0:41.5

So we'll address how often should you take them.

0:45.0

We'll address if you will lose muscle or progress, which is a big concern that a lot of people have.

0:51.0

I'm going to talk about a lot of studies when we talk about that.

0:55.0

I'll talk about what type of activity you should do during a reset week. Should you take a reset

1:00.3

week if you're feeling good and you're not experiencing any symptoms.

1:04.2

How should you eat when you're taking a reset week?

1:06.6

Again, another big question that we get.

1:08.9

And then a lot of people are concerned that if they're exercising less during that week and

1:13.7

burning less calories quote-unquote will they gain weight if they're taking a

1:17.7

reset week so those are all things that I want to address today so let's get

1:20.8

into it. The more widespread term for a reset week is in the

1:26.3

strength and conditioning world is a deload. So in Evela Land we call them

1:30.4

reset weeks is just kind of something that the term that we kind of

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