Who follows a periodization training program? Last year I loosely followed one. And the last 3.5 months I've been trying to be more committed to staying on track.

But I have found that every 2.5 weeks into the build, I have a big crash. I've been blaming it on personal and professional stress situations. But I'm starting to wonder if my inability to cope with that stress and crashing to the point of being bedridden doesn't have something to do with overtraining.

I am thinking about adjusting my schedule to a periodization that is 3 weeks long: 2 week build, 1 week recovery. Or even a 2 week build, 2-3 day complete rest, 3 day push, followed by a week recovery.

Thoughts?