S4 EP30: Your Body Needs A Rest Too
The Thick Thighs Save Lives Podcast
Constantly Varied Gear
4.9 • 724 Ratings
🗓️ 6 April 2021
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
What is deloading? And do you need to do it? In today’s episode, Rachael and Kelsea discuss deload weeks – what you’re supposed to do during them and signs that you might be in need of one. Listen in to hear what they have to say about what deloading weeks are for and why you really do need them, especially as you become a more advanced athlete.
Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:
- The potential stress of deload weeks
- What a deload week is
- What you do during a deload
- Signs that you might be in need of a deload week
- The formula for deloading
- How to incorporate deload weeks
- How long it really takes to recover
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | No, but I just, I really want to make sure that people understand that. It's not the physical |
| 0:05.1 | act of doing the exercise that's making you stronger. It's what happens afterward. It's the recovery |
| 0:11.3 | from that stress. And I just want to highlight some, maybe some warnings, I don't know, |
| 0:17.2 | warning signs. Some signs that you might be in need of a delode week. |
| 0:23.0 | Okay, if you don't already have someone doing your training and your programming, |
| 0:27.6 | you're just kind of doing it on your own. |
| 0:29.7 | If you're hitting regular plateaus, that's a sign it's time to delode. |
| 0:37.4 | The big question is this. |
| 0:41.3 | In a world of fake Instagram models and bad diets, how do real people achieve their fitness goals? |
| 0:49.9 | We are an army of hardworking women changing their lives through fitness and health. |
| 0:56.9 | Wherever you are at on your journey, we have the answers to how to make working out and eating well a part of your life. |
| 1:06.2 | Join us in changing the dialogue for women everywhere. |
| 1:10.1 | Welcome to the Thick Thighs Save Lives podcast. |
| 1:15.4 | Hello everyone and welcome back to the Thick Thigh Save Lives podcast. |
| 1:19.1 | I'm Kelsey. |
| 1:20.1 | I'm Rachel and wasn't that so seamless? |
| 1:24.6 | Every time you do it, it's so seamless. |
| 1:26.7 | And every time I do it, it's like, we have to restart over. |
| 1:32.4 | That's okay. |
| 1:33.2 | You're just a little impatient. |
| 1:36.6 | But we do have an exciting episode for you guys today. |
| 1:40.5 | All right. |
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