Introduction In the world of competitive strength sports, optimizing performance involves a delicate balance between intense training and strategic recovery. Short-term training cessation, often used during the taper period before competitions, aims to ensure athletes achieve physiological and psychological recovery. This approach is intended to maximize performance. However, the optimal duration of training cessation for upper and lower body strength remains unclear. "The Ef

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The General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) has been a foundational concept in understanding how athletes respond to training stress, linking stress exposure to physiological adaptation and improved performance. Initially proposed by Hans Selye in 1956, the GAS model describes a predictable sequence of responses—alarm, resistance, and eventually exhaustion—that athletes experience when exposed to repeated and increasing training stress (Someren & Howatson, 2013; , Cunanan et al., 2