Why do I feel more aches and pains during a deload compared to a typical training week?

[@buythedip5354]

I'm a few days into a deload and I'm in so much achey pain. Perfect timing. Thank you Greg & Eric. edit: Had a 5 hour train ride less than 48 hours ago and have been a couch potato since then, that's totally it.

[@ResistanceQuest]

I have often wondered this

[@MatthewGSullivan]

Is it just when we heal, it hurts more whether it's a cut, flu, DOMS or CNS rejuvenation?

[@manuelcarrau4480]

I remember reading in Llewellyn's anabolics book about arachidonic acid and it's depletion in the processes of soreness after deloads, but found that book is not really that good source for physiology

[@tobib7143]

All that blah blah bs just to say “we don’t know”. 😭🤣😂

[@expiredgoatmeal1666]

i would be curious if the endocannabinoid system was also involved. based on this study www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4139418/, it seems that in rats it's involved with at least acute antinocioception. the upregulated CB1 receptor expression would seem to suggest a potential medium-term effect on the scale of days---which fits pretty neatly in with the timeframe of a deload weak. interesting either way!