Assemble Performance Podcast
The Assemble Performance Podcast dives deep into what it takes to perform well both in sports and in life. Hosted by Justin Jones, a passionate trail runner, strength athlete, and CEO & head coach of Assemble Performance. This podcast is for everyone, from the serious endurance, strength, or hybrid athlete to the outdoor enthusiast who wants to live life to the fullest.
We believe that peak performance is an assembly of physical training, mental fortitude, emotional health, and social support. Whether you're training for a sport, or viewing life itself as the ultimate athletic event, join us in redefining limits and living a life full of challenges and adventure.
Assemble Performance Podcast
Should You Deload? A Hybrid Athlete's Guide
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You hit week five of a brutal training block, you're fried, and you freeze: should I deload? Then the guilt creeps in... taking it easy feels like throwing away everything you've built.
Here's what nobody tells you: the deload was invented for single sport athletes. Run it the old way on a hybrid program and your progress stalls.
In this episode:
- Why deloads were never designed for hybrid, concurrent, or tactical athletes
- The one question I ask every client before I touch their deload
- Symmetric vs. asymmetric deloads
- Exactly how I'd deload three different athletes: HYROX prep, half-marathon + strength, and the powerlifter chasing a 5K
- The 3 deload mistakes stalling hybrid athletes right now
- Why a deload is NOT a rest week
- "Earn the deload, respect the deload"
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