Yeah, and you don't even need to take the week off completely from strength training. You can do light stuff in the gym, the equivalent of push-ups. You can also do mobility, flexibility, and/or stability work if you want. Whatever leaves you feeling better when you leave the gym, rather than fatigued, should work.
I kind of clowned around in NROL with my descriptions of the need for weeks off. The real spirit behind those admonitions is to convince guys to unload now and then, rather than push through to premature plateaus, unnecessary overuse injuries, or maybe even burnout.
Chad Waterbury has an interesting alternative to taking weeks off in the book we finished recently (it's scheduled to come out around Christmas, last I heard): He actually designs a week's worth of "unloading" workouts after each four-week phase. I find them fun to do, and they certainly get around the problem of telling guys who want to work out that they have to stay out of the weight room for a week.
The unloading workouts themselves are pretty simple; you do exercises that use the same movement patterns as the heavy-duty exercises, but with lighter loads and less potential wear and tear on your joints. Chad has three workouts during each unloading week, but I mix and match exercises to condense them down to one or two workouts.
Bottom line, whatever helps your body come back rested and ready for more training should be fine.
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