Skipping the rest week?

[mlentowski]

Hey out there I need some advice.

I'm about half way through Meso #1 right now. The week I'm going to be starting Meso #2 I will be traveling and visiting my fiance before he deploys. I was thinking of starting Meso #2 during my rest week from #1 and just taking my rest week one week later. Does that throw off the program and will I lose anything I've gained? I'm open to any other suggestions but I won't have access to all of my equipment while I'm visiting him. And I would hate to ditch him to go to a gym for a few hours when we only get four days before he leaves for Afghanistan for 10 months.

Any help is greatly appreciated. I read the forums all the time but I've never written a blog before.

Thanks

 

[Sonya Arellano]

Taking your recovery week a week later will not hurt you...not taking a recovery week would!

My best to you and your fiance....please convey my gratitude to him for what he does for our country! May he return home safe.

 

[hriacobacci]

I had a similar issue. What I did was redo week 1 with 70% of my 1RM and took the following week as my rest week. So basically 5 weeks of Meso 1 then rest, then start Meso 2. I enjoyed going back and seeing how much heavier I was able to lift the week 1 rotation.

Heather

Hey out there I need some advice.

I'm about half way through Meso #1 right now. The week I'm going to be starting Meso #2 I will be traveling and visiting my fiance before he deploys. I was thinking of starting Meso #2 during my rest week from #1 and just taking my rest week one week later. Does that throw off the program and will I lose anything I've gained? I'm open to any other suggestions but I won't have access to all of my equipment while I'm visiting him. And I would hate to ditch him to go to a gym for a few hours when we only get four days before he leaves for Afghanistan for 10 months.

Any help is greatly appreciated. I read the forums all the time but I've never written a blog before.

Thanks

 

[Shadow]

Taking your recovery week a week later will not hurt you...not taking a recovery week would!

My best to you and your fiance....please convey my gratitude to him for what he does for our country! May he return home safe.

I agree with Sonya . Take your recovery week when you can. And my thanks to your fiance for all he and others like him do for us each day!

 

[bitmover]

If I understand your timing, I think I had a similar issue, and I stretched out meso 1 -- repeated two weeks of it, to make my rest week coincide with a scheduled vacation. So, you could either stretch out meso 1, or re-start meso 2. Good luck!

-Beth