Update from me – weight has been hovering around this now so I am moving in with a food drop, around 250 calories drop from both training day and rest day

Td changes
25 g rice off from m5
Last meal adjustment removed bread swapped for rice and added some protein. Calorie wise around 100 cal pull from that meal
100 Ml pomegranate juice out… Read more

I’m not asking for myself, I know it depends on a lot, I just wonder why is the lack of pump one of the signs to deload in general:)[/quote]

I believe it’s down to high stress levels, which in turn will raise cortisol. As cortisol is a vasoconstrictor, it makes sense that it will affect blood flow to the muscle. This is my understanding anyway.

Thanks Clare 🙏🏻🙏🏻

We don’t sell programmes , we teach you how to build programmes specific to your needs . I advise watching the education section videos , reading the athlete logs and then asking anything you need in the forums