Deload / Intensive Cruise

[Scott Stevenson]

I’ve been running Turbo Tier 3 for 16 weeks straight and beating the log book each time. I’m not showing any signs of over training and still have the same drive, passion and focus when I walk through those gym doors. I am on TRT and decided to triple my weekly dosage during this timeframe. Should I still force a deload week even though I’m not showing any signs of over training or just keep crushing it? I went back to my Dr prescribed TRT dose this week so maybe I will feel the effects and will need to cruise. Any thoughts / feedback appreciated. 

Hey Bud!

Thanks for posting this here.  

If you don’t need to cruise, i.e., you're making good progress in the logbook (with consistent form and exercise execution) and your perceived recovery is still high, then I see no reason to do so.

You’re right to wonder, though.  I’ve never heard of anyone Blasting on Turbo for quite such a long time without needed a cruise.  (Per your comments on going back to TRT, blasting for so long might happen if someone is coming back from a lay off  and/or before adding in PEDs for the first time / after a long time not using them and getting recovery assistance there.)  

One might suspect that training effort might be lacking too if you could Blast for so long, but if you’re truly making (good) progress, then that doesn't matter. (If it works, it works!)

So, I would expect in going "back to TRT" will be noticeable at some point and then you find there is a need for an Intensive Cruise. 

Going forward, I would also expect that your recovery will not be what it previously was, so you would likely need to train a lower Volume Tier (as well as Cruise more frequently).

-S