How often should I schedule long term breaks?
So I've been curious how often I should include breaks.
First few months I was pretty consistent, albeit flexible with how many sessions I would do.
First few months it was weekdays on, weekends off. Then after month 3 ot so, I adjusted I tried to pretty much do every day, some times even double sessions in the morning and afternoon. I will admit sometimes I only managed to get to 3 to 4 sessions a week cause of life.
Took a week off of any sessions cause i got tired, and after I restarted, I noticed that I broke through a plateau. Before I was at around 5.75 bpel, now I'm at above 6, some times even 6.125 depending on my EQ.
Currently on a break again, and will measure after a week back to the training. But if this trend continues I might see a break on my plateau and start reaching to 6.25 EQ.
So this made me curious on how often you should include extended breaks into training. Maybe this is just a unique quirk for me. I needed to start going with heavy weights and high pressure to see any significant gains after months of nothing.