The Importance of Taking a Step Back

Bernal: I think a lot of times like our emotions just get the best of us in the moment, and then the insecurity and the fear kind of dictates things. So that's what a deload does, only we're kind of controlling that, right? And it prevents us from ever getting in those positions where, like, man, like, you might need a month of like just actively covering or something like that. "I've seen them end up in better places afterwards," Bernal says about athletes who take extended time off for whatever reason.