A client completes the new load but the next two sessions show unusually poor recovery. What should guide modification?
- AKeep the load and plan a deload after the next overload block
- BReview recent changes and reduce volume or intensity until recovery improves
- CReduce the load back to the previous level and keep it there for the rest of the program
- DLengthen rest between sets while keeping the new load and frequency
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Answer
B
Two sessions of unusually poor recovery after a load increase suggest the new dose is too high for now. Reviewing recent changes and reducing volume or intensity until recovery improves corrects the dose without abandoning progression.
A
Postponing the deload adds another overload block on top of recovery that is already inadequate.
C
Reducing demand is reasonable, but freezing it permanently skips reviewing causes and ends progression once recovery improves.
D
Longer intra-session rest helps set quality but does not address recovery between sessions.
B
Two sessions of unusually poor recovery after a load increase suggest the new dose is too high for now. Reviewing recent changes and reducing volume or intensity until recovery improves corrects the dose without abandoning progression.