Fitness
Injury Deload
An injury deload is an early reduction in training volume or intensity when niggles appear—before a full tear or months off.
An injury deload is a planned pullback—often thirty to fifty percent volume for a week—when pain, swelling, or failed movement screens trend wrong, not only after catastrophe. It differs from a scheduled performance deload: the goal is tissue calm while maintaining pattern exposure.
Rebuild with criteria, not ego.
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How is an injury deload different from rest?
You keep easy movement and technique practice; complete rest is for acute severe injuries per clinician advice—not the default for every niggle.
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