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Hey offthegrid,
Don't know what the experts will tell you, but when I take recovery weeks, it usually means that I'm backing down about 25-30% from the previous week (depending on which phase of training I'm in).
If you feel like your body needs a break, by all means take it!!! You need to step back every now and then to not only get a mental break, but to let your body reap the benefits of the previous weeks of hard conditioning.
Rest well!
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Thread: Recovery week - what volume?
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11-11-2006, 12:59 PM #1
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Recovery week - what volume?
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I'm going to ask my trainer this, but wanted to throw the question out here first.
How much volume do you during a recovery week?
I've never actually done a recovery week before, but I need one. Starting to feel just not as fresh.
If you do a recovery week every fourth week, do you go down to the volume of the first week? Less than the volume from the first week? A certain percentage of the volume from the third (hardest) week?~ Susie
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You will just know that you are going to finish and that was what you set out to do."
-- Michael Pate, "When Big Boys Tri"
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11-11-2006, 04:43 PM #2
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