End of season break / Longer breaks

[Charlie_Francis]

@robin1

I think the main reasons are to give the body a chance to heal the aches and niggles that accumulate over a long competitive season and to allow the mind a break to re-gain motivation for the mentally and physically exhausting GPP. I personally never did more than 2 weeks either, though, and even that I disliked because my first one or two weeks back training were always hampered by severe DOMS.

The longer you take off, the more gradual your return must be- or the result will be what you experienced.