Deload to Reload.

For those of you who like myself have been training for quite a number of years you will be familiar with the aches and pains that heavy lifting brings along. U can supplement to prevent too much damage to your joints and connective tissues but when u are training with weights. Deloading is just important as rest between workouts. If you aren't incorporating some sort of Deload work in your training begin now. Deloading can be time off from weights or an allocated time which your training takes a step down in intensity. It can restart growth stop, niggling pains give you a boost in calories (as long as you still eat like your training) you will be burning less calories. How much less obviously depends on how you choose to Deload. Replacing weight training with cardio sessions can also act as a Deloading phase. DON'T NEGLECT THE DELOAD. Use all the tools available to you to achieve your goals.