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@jermyn reducing volume is certainly one way to do this. but your implication that a full deload presumes a loss of fitness. this is simply not true at all. it takes quite a bit longer than a week to do that. Indeed, much of what we do is called "dual factor training" where we work out...

@ttcmacro Deadlifts no. Squats yes. The thing with deadlifts is that as the weight gets heavy, form inevitably suffers. And this means shearing stress on the spine. For some transparency, I deadlifted heavy ..got up to 450 at age 55 and body weight of 150,..I now have chronic lower back...

@jonjones229 Migala super impressive. I was ridiculed in this sub a few years ago for suggesting she would surpass Haley Adams among the up and comers. Wow. Tough to predict podium...too many contenders!

@oorah1588 aww...look at you white knighting. brings a tear to my eyes.

@space769 i recall opt from the early days. the man seemed rather dumb to me. i mean actually low IQ dumb. in later days, what struck me about opt was how his athletes seemed to cheat in the open...stuff like using 5lb weights for barbell burpees. and of course there is opt and his training...