Rest day

abs1970
abs1970 Posts: 235 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Giving myself a well-deserved rest from training today..... I'm way too tired and I've eaten loads more carbs than I normally would. Just going with the flow and listening to my body :)
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  • strebor337
    strebor337 Posts: 168 Member
    Good call! Fitness is a cooperative effort between you and your bod.
  • Ironandwine69
    Ironandwine69 Posts: 2,432 Member
    Rest days are very important.
    Enjoy!
  • abs1970
    abs1970 Posts: 235 Member
    Ironandwine69 wrote: »
    Rest days are very important.
    Enjoy!

    Feels weird to be honest! I'm used to training every day unless I'm ill but today........ I just dgaf :D
  • abs1970
    abs1970 Posts: 235 Member
    strebor337 wrote: »
    Good call! Fitness is a cooperative effort between you and your bod.

    Yep, I don't listen to my bod nearly often enough. But today I am!
  • Chef_Barbell
    Chef_Barbell Posts: 6,644 Member
    edited April 2017
    Ironandwine69 wrote: »
    Rest days are very important.
    Enjoy!

    This. I prefer to pick my rest days than let my body make me take one or more because I got injured.
  • abs1970
    abs1970 Posts: 235 Member
    Chef_Barbell wrote: »
    Ironandwine69 wrote: »
    Rest days are very important.
    Enjoy!

    This. I prefer to pick my rest days than let my body make me take one or more because I got injured.

    Thankfully I'm not injured. Just had a crappy nights sleep and don't feel like I have the energy. Unusual for me to miss a day but going with it
  • Chef_Barbell
    Chef_Barbell Posts: 6,644 Member
    abs1970 wrote: »
    Chef_Barbell wrote: »
    Ironandwine69 wrote: »
    Rest days are very important.
    Enjoy!

    This. I prefer to pick my rest days than let my body make me take one or more because I got injured.

    Thankfully I'm not injured. Just had a crappy nights sleep and don't feel like I have the energy. Unusual for me to miss a day but going with it

    Good for you.
  • Muscle_for_Fitness
    Muscle_for_Fitness Posts: 2,198 Member
    Rest days are great especially after training hard. Let the body recover, do some light stretching or mobile work if you want to. Rest days are only a problem when they turn into rest weeks and rest months.
  • abs1970
    abs1970 Posts: 235 Member
    StongerBiggerFaster wrote: »
    Rest days are great especially after training hard. Let the body recover, do some light stretching or mobile work if you want to. Rest days are only a problem when they turn into rest weeks and rest months.

    Ha, I'm far too disciplined to let it last any longer than a day or two at the most :)
  • jjpptt2
    jjpptt2 Posts: 5,650 Member
    For me, the value of rest days is the mental break more-so than the physical break.
  • abs1970
    abs1970 Posts: 235 Member
    livingleanlivingclean wrote: »
    abs1970 wrote: »
    StongerBiggerFaster wrote: »
    Rest days are great especially after training hard. Let the body recover, do some light stretching or mobile work if you want to. Rest days are only a problem when they turn into rest weeks and rest months.

    Ha, I'm far too disciplined to let it last any longer than a day or two at the most :)

    Discipline can also be realising that rest days are just as important as training days, and that pushing yourself every day isn't necessarily the bets way to get results.

    I know.... it's advice I've been given many times but chosen to ignore. Not any more. Training 4/5 days a week instead of every day plus eating more carbs. Giving it a month to see how my body reacts.
  • sardelsa
    sardelsa Posts: 9,812 Member
    That was me on Saturday. I had to take a second rest day of the week (already had one on Tuesday). I just felt beat up and exhausted so I listened to my body.
  • abs1970
    abs1970 Posts: 235 Member
    sardelsa wrote: »
    That was me on Saturday. I had to take a second rest day of the week (already had one on Tuesday). I just felt beat up and exhausted so I listened to my body.

    I feel your pain. I'm soooo tired today there's just no way I'm setting foot in the gym. Eating like a pig too but hey, its just one day right? :#
  • BaddS4
    BaddS4 Posts: 302 Member
    I look forward to my rest days but seldom seem to actually rest.. Especially now that the warm weather is here I find myself out puttering in the backyard, garden and garage all day long..lol. Just no gym on rest day!!! :smile:
  • _Phill727
    _Phill727 Posts: 57 Member
    same here @BaddS4 Rest days end up being yard work days for me- which I actually find beneficial, a bit of active recovery
  • Ironandwine69
    Ironandwine69 Posts: 2,432 Member
    abs1970 wrote: »
    Ironandwine69 wrote: »
    Rest days are very important.
    Enjoy!

    Feels weird to be honest! I'm used to training every day unless I'm ill but today........ I just dgaf :D

    I only train hard 4 days a week. The rest of the week are either cardio or rest.
    On rest days I do some light walking, but there's rest days I don't do anything. There is no way I could be effective if I train every day.
  • sardelsa
    sardelsa Posts: 9,812 Member
    abs1970 wrote: »
    sardelsa wrote: »
    That was me on Saturday. I had to take a second rest day of the week (already had one on Tuesday). I just felt beat up and exhausted so I listened to my body.

    I feel your pain. I'm soooo tired today there's just no way I'm setting foot in the gym. Eating like a pig too but hey, its just one day right? :#

    Well if you saw what I've been eating​ everyday for the past 8 months (I'm currently bulking on a super high amount of cals) let's just say it gets out of hand sometimes.. :D
  • abs1970
    abs1970 Posts: 235 Member
    edited April 2017
    sardelsa wrote: »
    abs1970 wrote: »
    sardelsa wrote: »
    That was me on Saturday. I had to take a second rest day of the week (already had one on Tuesday). I just felt beat up and exhausted so I listened to my body.

    I feel your pain. I'm soooo tired today there's just no way I'm setting foot in the gym. Eating like a pig too but hey, its just one day right? :#

    Well if you saw what I've been eating​ everyday for the past 8 months (I'm currently bulking on a super high amount of cals) let's just say it gets out of hand sometimes.. :D

    Can't i just do the cut bit without the bulk??? You know how I struggle to eat my calories as it is!! :D
  • sardelsa
    sardelsa Posts: 9,812 Member
    abs1970 wrote: »
    sardelsa wrote: »
    abs1970 wrote: »
    sardelsa wrote: »
    That was me on Saturday. I had to take a second rest day of the week (already had one on Tuesday). I just felt beat up and exhausted so I listened to my body.

    I feel your pain. I'm soooo tired today there's just no way I'm setting foot in the gym. Eating like a pig too but hey, its just one day right? :#

    Well if you saw what I've been eating​ everyday for the past 8 months (I'm currently bulking on a super high amount of cals) let's just say it gets out of hand sometimes.. :D

    Can't i just do the cut bit without the bulk??? You know how I struggle to eat my calories as it is!! :D

    Of course..you definitely don't have to bulk. I enjoy it though! I mean I am used to eating like a machine.. and I eat a lot of ice cream which helps too ;)
  • abs1970
    abs1970 Posts: 235 Member
    Ice cream...... now you're talking ;)
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    abs1970 wrote: »
    livingleanlivingclean wrote: »
    abs1970 wrote: »
    StongerBiggerFaster wrote: »
    Rest days are great especially after training hard. Let the body recover, do some light stretching or mobile work if you want to. Rest days are only a problem when they turn into rest weeks and rest months.

    Ha, I'm far too disciplined to let it last any longer than a day or two at the most :)

    Discipline can also be realising that rest days are just as important as training days, and that pushing yourself every day isn't necessarily the bets way to get results.

    I know.... it's advice I've been given many times but chosen to ignore. Not any more. Training 4/5 days a week instead of every day plus eating more carbs. Giving it a month to see how my body reacts.

    Are you increasing your actual calorie intake?
  • abs1970
    abs1970 Posts: 235 Member
    No really - I've adjusted my macros because I was having too much protein & very little carbs.
  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    abs1970 wrote: »
    No really - I've adjusted my macros because I was having too much protein & very little carbs.

    So you're eating in a deficit? Or maintenance?
    I got the impression you're trying to grow?
  • ItsAllMental819
    ItsAllMental819 Posts: 68 Member
    Rest days are important... I need to take one myself - been over training lately & it's almost as bad as not training.
  • abs1970
    abs1970 Posts: 235 Member
    ItsAllMental819 wrote: »
    Rest days are important... I need to take one myself - been over training lately & it's almost as bad as not training.

    So agree - it's only now I've started taking rest days that I understand how important they are!
  • abs1970
    abs1970 Posts: 235 Member
    livingleanlivingclean wrote: »
    abs1970 wrote: »
    No really - I've adjusted my macros because I was having too much protein & very little carbs.

    So you're eating in a deficit? Or maintenance?
    I got the impression you're trying to grow?

    I'm always in a deficit, trying not to be though so I can get more muscle definition
  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    abs1970 wrote: »
    livingleanlivingclean wrote: »
    abs1970 wrote: »
    No really - I've adjusted my macros because I was having too much protein & very little carbs.

    So you're eating in a deficit? Or maintenance?
    I got the impression you're trying to grow?

    I'm always in a deficit, trying not to be though so I can get more muscle definition

    Muscle definition comes from being lean. If you want more muscle you need to eat and lift to grow...
  • abs1970
    abs1970 Posts: 235 Member
    I'm already very lean and lift several times a week. I'm eating more carbs to feed my muscles and can already see more definition.
  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    abs1970 wrote: »
    I'm already very lean and lift several times a week. I'm eating more carbs to feed my muscles and can already see more definition.

    Thats because your carbs draw water in to the muscle. It has nothing to do with growing.... That's why bodybuilders carb up before getting on stage.
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