do any of you practice periodalization?

[the_only_sepe]

you know, when you work to a certain goal or poundage then give your body a month or so break, or only try to lift heavy while on cycle, and just lift enough to maintain while off.

 

[BiggerisBetter]

if if you stop lifting heavy post cycle, your gonna loose all your strength and your mass
if you only like looking good while "on" then i don't understand why your cycling at all if your just gonna loose everything when you come off

 

[Silent Method]

I practice a fairly strict periodization program. It's not about going heavy for a bit then taking a month off, or even "just lifting enough to maintain." It's about varying training protocols in such a manner that the greatest net physiological adaptation can occur. A common periodization cycle for building mass includes lifting quite heavy for a phase, lifting heavier the next phase, and lifting even heavier for the phase after that! Oh, then start back at quite heavy again.
Often, a "transition" period is used after many months of training. This is a week, maybe two, that you take off, or do very light exercise.

Periodization can be tailored and applied to many applications a zillion ways.

 

[the_only_sepe]

if if you stop lifting heavy post cycle, your gonna loose all your strength and your mass
if you only like looking good while "on" then i don't understand why your cycling at all if your just gonna loose everything when you come off

I forgot to tell you, I am allways on, bridging in between

 

[the_only_sepe]

I practice a fairly strict periodization program. It's not about going heavy for a bit then taking a month off, or even "just lifting enough to maintain." It's about varying training protocols in such a manner that the greatest net physiological adaptation can occur. A common periodization cycle for building mass includes lifting quite heavy for a phase, lifting heavier the next phase, and lifting even heavier for the phase after that! Oh, then start back at quite heavy again.
Often, a "transition" period is used after many months of training. This is a week, maybe two, that you take off, or do very light exercise.

Periodization can be tailored and applied to many applications a zillion ways.

I am sure you know how easy it is to overtrain, what if you are overtraining and need to take a good lay off, and want to lift without going real heavy, but still hold on to gains,is it poss.?