Local Succubus Migrates North <| sep |> I believe you are wrong in that assessment . <| sep |> Seriously , I definitely have come to agree with Jim Wendler ' s point that , essentially , if you use deloads correctly then you should never actually really feel like you NEED to deload . In other words , they are there to ensure that you ' re feeling good and kicking ass as often and consistently as possible rather than having a bunch of crappy workouts stacked on one another and needing one because you ' re burnt out and you feel like injury is imminent if you keep pushing . Of course it ' s fine to over reach and push that edge if it is planned for short periods but if you ' re just running a base program I feel like that should be the norm .