Follow-up: Recovery when intake is low: what to cut first posts 31–41
This is a continuation of a long topic, addressed by post number rather than by page. Start at post 1.
Post #31 answers the question as asked. The question underneath it is different.
Recovery capacity falls with energy availability, so a programme that worked at maintenance may be too much during a large deficit.
I am reporting what happened, not recommending it.
Worth separating two things that post #31 runs together.
Anybody returning after a break should expect to start lower than they left, and expecting otherwise is where injuries come from.
One more caveat and then I will stop qualifying: the sample selected itself.
Practical note on Recovery: write down what you expect before you look. The number of times I have found what I went looking for is higher than chance would allow.
I disagree with the framing of Recovery above, and I think it is a substantive disagreement rather than a terminological one. Setting out why, so it can be checked.
The reasoning depends on an assumption that is doing a lot of work and is never stated. If the assumption holds, the conclusion follows. I do not think it holds generally.
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Picking up post #35: that is the part I would want checked first.
Reduced appetite makes fuelling a session harder, and that is a practical problem with practical solutions rather than a reason to stop.
The variance between people here is larger than the effect being discussed.
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I had written a reply contradicting post #35 and deleted it. Here is what survived.
Frequency: three sessions per week of full-body training is easier to maintain than higher frequencies on an energy deficit. Consistency beats intensity when recovery capacity is limited.
Noting that I have skin in this question and have tried to discount for it.
Post #40 answers the question as asked. The question underneath it is different.
The reports here that state the programme, the load and the timeframe are useful. The ones that state an outcome are not.
This is the sort of thing that ought to be settled and apparently is not.
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