deload

Ease training load

Deload is a planned period of reduced training intensity, typically in weightlifting or athletic programs.

After weeks of progressively heavier workouts, athletes deload to allow muscles and joints to recover before the next training cycle: I'm taking a deload week before starting my new program.

The term functions as both noun and verb: Time to deload and let my body catch up.

relieve

unburden

Remove a weight from

lightenMake less heavy
reduceMake smaller in degree
easeLack of strain

alleviate · diminish · decrease · shed · release · declutter · destress · decompress · recover · recharge

training

recovery

Regaining what was lost

restCessation of activity
periodizationDivision into distinct periods
volumeAmount of space filled

intensity · fatigue · adaptation · regeneration · supercompensation · overtraining · taper · maintenance · autoregulation · RPE

freight

cargo

Transported goods

shipmentGoods being transported
dischargeRelease of substance outward
dockMooring structure at water's edge

warehouse · container · pallet · trucking · forklift · offload · manifest · staging · receiving · terminal

Opposites

training intensity

deloadoverload

Burden beyond capacity

max out · peak · overreach · grind · intensify

training phase purpose

deloadintensification

Increase in degree

progressive overload · ramp-up

training continuity

deloadlayoff

Termination without cause

hiatus · drop out

Family

load, loads, loaded, loading, loader, loaders, unload, unloads, unloaded

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