Recovery week - what do you all do?

FemmeAndi

SezxyStef wrote: »

I follow a protocol that has me deloading every 4 weeks...

so I am lifting less than normal but still working out.

and I continue with most of my other activities like running etc.

Active rest days are days where you are exercising but not pushing hard...for example...going for a walk instead of a run....going for a casual bike ride.

Yes I think the recovery week seems to float more around exercises that seem to be more on the muscle building side. I see that cardio based exercises don`t seem to need a break and people who are doing more weight training seem more familiar with a recovery week.

So , after reading comments, I`ve done two insanity max 30 workouts this week and I`ll fit a nice long stretch session in on saturday and then Monday! P90x3 here we go!

FemmeAndi

FemmeAndi

lporter229 wrote: »

My recovery weeks consist of doing anything I feel like doing and nothing I don't. After a particular rigorous training cycle, which for me usually end in running a marathon or an all out race, I welcome a week of rest for both my body and my mind. I usually aim at focusing on repairing whatever feels broken. Following a big race, I usually take a few days where walking and light yoga are my only exercises, then I work up to short to medium distance runs without my Garmin. It helps me to remember why I love to run in the first place. Sometimes intense training programs can make us lose sight of that.

I love this! This is what I did today too. I didn`t wear my Heart rate monitor. I did it just for fun and not results driven.

tigerblood6

week?
why not days

FemmeAndi

My results from my Recovery week.

I still did 3 workout sessions but they were the ones I found the funnest and I didn`t track my calories. Really was a nice break on the mind.

Listen to this!!! I dropped an extra 1.5 cms around my waist! I was shocked! I was like.. woahhh my waist looks tinier or something. Sooooo i got out the measuring tape and TA-DA! I also stepped on the scale and I dropped 1 more pound! hehe (weight doesn`t matter I know, i know, but anyhow it happened).

This week I started (On saturday) p90x3. And I feel like I have new motivation all over again!

So if you wanna take a week break, it really doesn`t harm you. Speaking from my experience anyhow.

SezxyStef

tigerblood6 wrote: »

week?
why not days

because sometimes an entire week off is a good physical and mental break. I take 2 recovery weeks a year usually...full weeks where I don't workout except walk and don't count calories at all.

Vacations are fun like that.

trigden1991

Deload week - Yes
Recovery week - No

glassofroses

I train in martial arts and the dojo is closed for a week three times a year (April, August and Christmas). I generally don't do much more than walk and stretch in those weeks because it gives my body, particularly my joints, time to recover. I find I'm always more loose/flexible after those weeks. I mean I could go for a run and do accessory work, and sometimes I do, but I don't cry about it if I don't. Training 7 hours a week, week in week out, engaging your whole body is hard going. I know for a lot of people it doesn't make sense to take a whole week but sometimes it's good for the soul to sit on the sofa with a book or a movie. Especially when training takes up all of that time normally. And you can appreciate training more when you go back to it.

bendyourkneekatie

I take 3 days off after a marathon, and that features mostly hobbling around slowly getting my body back from its state of shock. Then seeing how quickly I can get back to my normal running routine...