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Deload

Meaning in sports & fitness, with examples

nounCommon term

In sports & fitness, deload means: A planned short period of easier training in which load, volume or intensity is reduced to manage fatigue.

In Turkish: yük azaltma dönemi

How it is used

Lifters plan or take a deload between demanding training blocks.

Example sentences

  1. My deload includes fewer sets but the same exercises.

    Fewer sets reduce the work while practice continues.

  2. We moved the deload to the week after the camp.

    The easier period is placed after a demanding camp.

Common collocations

  • planned deload
  • deload week
  • training volumeThe total amount of work done in training over a session or period, often counted by sets, reps, distance, or time.
  • recoveryThe process of the body returning to normal after training, competition or injury, helped by rest, sleep and nutrition.

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