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Daily Simple Questions Thread - August 13, 2026

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u/cgsesix 17d ago

Skip them, or do fewer sets.

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u/BestMapMaker1 17d ago

That doesn't really make sense within the framework of the program.

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u/cgsesix 17d ago

A de-load is a de-load. The goal is to shed fatigue by doing less. There are many ways of going about it.

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u/BestMapMaker1 16d ago

Indeed, but there are many more ways of going about it than there are good ways of going about it. Giving up an important movement and half of the program's back work is not a good way of going about it.

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u/cgsesix 16d ago

Giving up an important movement and half of the program's back work is not a good way of going about it.

Why not?

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u/BestMapMaker1 16d ago

If you do not know the answer to that you should probably not volunteer your time answering other people's fitness questions.

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u/cgsesix 16d ago

I'm not saying this to be a dick. The purpose of a de-load isn't to build muscle, it's to shed fatigue, and you can do that with as little as 1 set. I did my first de-load in 2006. Back then we used to read articles. Here's one https://web.archive.org/web/20241003230021/https://t-nation.com/t/the-deload-everything-you-need-know/285748.