# Timing of hell week

**URL:** <https://forum.freeletics.com/t/timing-of-hell-week/1609>\
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**Created:** [November 2, 2021, 9:28am UTC](https://forum.freeletics.com/t/timing-of-hell-week/1609 "2021-11-02T09:28:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![MartyMcFly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@MartyMcFly](https://forum.freeletics.com/u/MartyMcFly)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2021, 9:28am UTC](https://forum.freeletics.com/t/timing-of-hell-week/1609/1 "2021-11-02T09:28:31Z")

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Im doing my balanced burn journey currently. I just realized it will probably end during christmas which would give me a hell week during christmas holidays which i would like to avoid. I wanna try and adjust the # trainings/week so it either is before or after that.

When exactly does the hell week start? After the 48 sessions in the journey? At session 41 of the journey (last 7 each day). Always on a monday?

FYI im now on session 16, training every other day so 3,5 sessions per week.

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**Author:** ![melaLetics](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.freeletics.com/melaletics/32/1821_2.png) [@melaLetics](https://forum.freeletics.com/u/melaLetics)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2021, 10:02am UTC](https://forum.freeletics.com/t/timing-of-hell-week/1609/2 "2021-11-02T10:02:03Z")

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The Hell Week will be the last seven days.

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**Author:** ![MartyMcFly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@MartyMcFly](https://forum.freeletics.com/u/MartyMcFly)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2021, 7:35am UTC](https://forum.freeletics.com/t/timing-of-hell-week/1609/3 "2021-11-04T07:35:15Z")

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Hi, yes I get that but still I’m unsure on the exact timing. I assume it starts on Monday, just like a normal week where on sunday after i did my session then i see the workouts for the next week.

But suppose sunday is session 38. Then it does another week of normal sessions and (with 4 a week) i get the hell week @ session 42 on the next monday? Right now i have to guess between 3 weeks.

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**Author:** ![melaLetics](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.freeletics.com/melaletics/32/1821_2.png) [@melaLetics](https://forum.freeletics.com/u/melaLetics)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2021, 7:56am UTC](https://forum.freeletics.com/t/timing-of-hell-week/1609/4 "2021-11-04T07:56:19Z")

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It starts the day you choose to start.  
If your regular training days are Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday - it would start on Monday.  
But if your last training day on the week regularly is Friday, you could start your hell week on Saturday.

In a nutshell: distribute your remaining training units so that you have Christmas free (it doesn’t matter if you do Hell Week in a calendar week).

And just to be exact: there are Training Journeys without a Hell Week (like the Barbell or Running Journeys or the Beginner Journey) or with a Hell Week in the week before last (Freeletics Hardcore)

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**Author:** ![MartyMcFly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@MartyMcFly](https://forum.freeletics.com/u/MartyMcFly)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2021, 8:16am UTC](https://forum.freeletics.com/t/timing-of-hell-week/1609/5 "2021-11-04T08:16:05Z")

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Ok, got it. Thanks!

Looking forward to the hell week but also fearing it haha.