Ep. 156 - Deloads: The Science of Overload, Fatigue & Recovery

Iron Culture

The MASS Crew

Sports & Recreation, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 827 Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2022

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Deloads, sometimes called unloads, light weeks, or simply incorporated as phases of a periodized plan, are frequently discussed in the evidence-based community, but they actually have very little direct research behind them. If that’s the case, why are these phases universally used? What principles are deloads based on? What sectors of research do we use to indirectly inform their structure? And most importantly, what options do you have for deloading, and how should you apply different approaches in different contexts? Join us in this episode of iron culture to find out!

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0:00.0	Eric, it's happened.
0:03.9	What happened, Omar?
0:05.6	What didn't happen?
0:06.9	2022 is already shaping up to be the year.
0:10.7	People got the mind calendar wrong when they said the end of the world would be 2012.
0:15.2	It actually is the beginning of the new world, the ruling of Sir Helms and this guy right here,
0:20.6	2022 standing atop the pyramid,
0:23.2	because folks, we got some major news.
0:26.5	This man right here, Mr. Dr. Eric Helms, Ph.D., and that's the only way to properly
0:31.3	refer to him, my boy is on the second episode of Ancient Workouts with Omar, the new history channel series.
0:40.6	And it's not just because you're my boy, Eric, but you did crush it.
0:44.2	I mean, I recognize the bias, but just because I have the bias doesn't mean I'm wrong type of
0:48.9	thing.
0:49.1	You know what I mean?
0:49.5	Like, yeah, maybe I say a lot of things about your physique, and that's just because I'm a fan,
0:56.0	but it's not like they're not true.
0:57.6	So it's just showing appreciation.
0:59.3	Fair?
1:00.8	I'll take it.
1:01.7	I'll take what I can get, and I'm getting this, and I'll take it.
1:05.0	Thank you.
1:05.6	It was an honor to be on.
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