How many rest days do you usually take?
LUHAN27
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Normally, how many rest days do you take per week? I take 1 rest day, but is that too little? Do you generally take more rest days? I'm asking because I want to know a healthy amount of rest days.
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Rest from exercise?0
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I workout pretty hard and I only take one active rest day per week, which means I still walk my usual 10K+ steps, but don't do anything high impact. I never have a rest day where I stay completely sedentary. Rest days are important, but they're contingent upon both your fitness level and how difficult your exercise routine actually is.0
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i lift every day and do cardio most days, for the month of june i only missed one day. I've lifted at nearly this consistency for almost 6 years now.1
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I have been working hard. I also do 10k steps everyday but do yoga one day and another day where all I do are stretches or just steps.0
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From lifting? 2 a week. But I'm usually still fairly active on those days. Running around, playing with my girls, doing prehab/correctives. Maybe once a month I'll be able to have a super lazy do nothing day.0
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You need to rest according to what your body is telling you.... for me i tend to take 2 or 3 rest days a week. Not always because i cant handle another gym session but therr are days that i just have to stay home and do laundry! Lol my ankle was screaming at me this week so i did take an extra day fornit to calm down. Dont push it if your body cant take it.0
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Lift 4 days, don't lift 3. No cardio and I try to keep moving/walking no matter what.0
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Technically I take 2 rest days a week. But I'm a dance teacher so I'm still dancing on those rest days.0
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2 rest days per week, which are mainly the days I'm doing my homework and studying. I personally can't study while lifting weights or running an elliptical. Single tasker0
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It depends on what type of exercise you're doing.. My only exercise is walking, I walk a lot! I don't have any rest days.
Whereas someone doing weight lifting would class my exercise days as their rest day lol0 -
Lift 4 days, don't lift 3 days. Sometimes I do cardio and sometimes I don't.0
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I have one true rest day a week. Lift 4x a week and have active rest/cardio the other 2 days.0
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I don't really take "rest" days so to speak. Then again, my only form of exercise is walking. I might have a day or two where I don't walk as much (I'll still get over 10k steps), but I don't sit around all day and not do anything.1
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If by rest day, you mean only going for a walk of a few kilometres in length ... I try to do that about once a week.0
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It depends on what I am doing. If I am very sore, I will take more days off. If I am not that sore, I'll work out. I always try to walk, however, so I only avoid more strenuous exercise.1
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It depends on your goals and what you're doing. If you are new to training, it's a good idea to start with more rest and recovery time and to gradually build endurance.0
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I take one lazy day where I don't do anything. One other day is 'active' rest as I do a Pilates class that day.0
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I lift
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday
Cardio or some type of exercise between
Monday I rest. (Foam roller & stretch)0 -
Lift tues, thurs, sat
cardio mon, weds,fri
rest sun0 -
I only take one when my legs are too sore, so I'd say maybe twice a month.0
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