Is it ok to exercise everyday?

choijanro

i know some people who are doing lifting,abs exercise or cardio exercise everyday,, is it good or bad?

eblakes93

You're going to hear different opinions based on different personal experiences.

Personally, if I'm doing an intense program, I make sure I do it at least every other day. If I'm just going for a walk or doing some yoga, I do it whenever I want to do it.

haroldz123

U need rest day for the muscle to grow
Use rest day for cardio or interval

Or workout on monday and tuesday (different group of muscles each day)

Then rest on Wednesday

Continue on Thursday and friday

Merci444

I always take a rest day one day a week, or when I feel I need the regeneration. Even when I take a rest day though I will do something light like walking, or stretching. I feel that my body needs the rest time, but I am careful not to take too many rest days because I am in a good habit of working out every day and want to stay there!

tonafoto

Do my workouts 5 days a week, I rest in the weekend.
I train differten groups on different days, so that the groups have minimum 1 day rest.
I´m feeling very good about it, and more important... I see results.

Jennloella

i do something every day, on the weekends usually just jog or hit the stairs at the high school stadium

ritchiedrama

If you have common sense, no, it's not okay.

If you can exercise everyday, you're doing it wrong.

pcastagner

Depends on fat stores, deficit, intensity, and goals.

mommy3457

It is good to take one or two rest days per week. You will still see results, trust me.

MelodyandBarbells

I "rest" when there's no cool classes available at the gym that align with my schedule, so Friday is currently my rest day. And most Mondays. That first work day of the week is just..Eww. If circumstances lined up nicely, I'd probably exercise everyday. I mostly only do BodyFlow on Sundays so with a day like that in the mix, exercising everyday doesn't seem detrimental to me at all.

james6998

Eventually you will break your body. Rest is the only way to recovery.

frodo2604

Opinions vary but the best way is to have recovery days between workouts so that your muscles can then become stronger:)

nonstopper

It depends on your workouts.

Rule is you always need at least ONE rest day for your body to recover.

If yuor got over and HR of working out i recommend a rest day after but either way you do it. You need ONE rest day a week. Alot of people take 2 or 3 but I do 1 rest day a week.

corgicake

Taking every other day for rest is mostly broscience. There are many many farmers and commuter cyclists among other folks who would be in deep trouble if this weren't the case.

TwoPointZero

Taking every other day for rest is mostly broscience. There are many many farmers and commuter cyclists among other folks who would be in deep trouble if this weren't the case.

Commuter cycling is nowhere as "difficult" (by various metrics) as trying to deadlift 350 lbs . . . My guess is that frequency of rest required is positively correlated to difficulty of workout.

pcastagner

Taking every other day for rest is mostly broscience. There are many many farmers and commuter cyclists among other folks who would be in deep trouble if this weren't the case.

Lol no.


Going for a bike ride or baling hay is fine, but if you lift heavy you need to rest from lifting heavy. Especially when on reduced calories.

For a farmer, the point is to do the work. When lifting and cutting weight, the goal is to lose body mass while losing as little muscle as possible. When lifting and bulking, the idea is to make muscle and get stronger, which again, works better with rest.

When you have lots of body fat it's not as hard, but for me, recovery on reduced cals really slowed down once I was below 16% or so. If I got this right, you a 5'4 and 196 lbs? A good schedule for you might be hitting every muscle group to failure twice a week, with as much cardio as you want (and farmwork) on your rest days. If you can handle more than that, you aren't lifting hard enough.


Really though, I think your idea of "rest" is not right. You can be active on a rest day, no need to avoid moving altogether. If cycling to work is part of your daily routine you shouldn't change to driving just because you started lifting weights. I like to hike, bike, and jump rope on my rest days.

BonaFideUK

Its true to an extent, Its just that he used a poor example. The need for rest days is blown way out of proportion and has no real basis in science. Muscle hypertrophy takes 48 hrs at the most, and this is from an insanely intense workout. People doing body splits, hitting a muscle group only once a week are completely short changing themselves.

MsEndomorph

I don't think the OP mentioned being on a rigorous heavy lifting plan...

I think it depends on what you're doing and why you're doing it. I take at least a day in between my heavy lifting days, but there are plenty other ways to work out that I consider just upping my activity level vs sitting on the couch all day. Like walking, jogging, swimming, etc.

pcastagner

Its true to an extent, Its just that he used a poor example. The need for rest days is blown way out of proportion and has no real basis in science. Muscle hypertrophy takes 48 hrs at the most, and this is from an insanely intense workout. People doing body splits, hitting a muscle group only once a week are completely short changing themselves.

That is a far cry from resting every other day, and maximum explosive strength takes abut a week to recover. Hypertrophy should not be the only goal.. Full body every other day works for some but I can't handle it.

On a bulk, twice a week is just about right, and on a cut,, every fourth day is plenty. Some people need a bit of extra recovery time.

I'm doing upper/lower splits, alternating between high volume and very heavy. It's working really well. But I NEED those rest days.

pcastagner

I don't think the OP mentioned being on a rigorous heavy lifting plan...

I think it depends on what you're doing and why you're doing it. I take at least a day in between my heavy lifting days, but there are plenty other ways to work out that I consider just upping my activity level vs sitting on the couch all day. Like walking, jogging, swimming, etc.

The op mentioned lifting, and the answer in question mentioned farmwork and cycling as exams of why rest days are "broscience".

pinkraynedropjacki

I've done a workout every single day for 557 days. Not one rest day, not one day off. Always cardio. I cant lift so cardio is all I can do.

MsEndomorph

I don't think the OP mentioned being on a rigorous heavy lifting plan...

I think it depends on what you're doing and why you're doing it. I take at least a day in between my heavy lifting days, but there are plenty other ways to work out that I consider just upping my activity level vs sitting on the couch all day. Like walking, jogging, swimming, etc.

The op mentioned lifting, and the answer in question mentioned farmwork and cycling as exams of why rest days are "broscience".

The way I read the OP, I assumed the question was pertaining to doing SOMEthing every day, not everything, and in that case, I agree with the farmwork example. People come here and ask if they need to take a break from their 30 minute walks or their jazzercize class, which is entirely different than taking a break from heavy lifting. And even then, doing ab work or cardio on off days isn't necessarily a bad thing, from what I've found.

But I could be completely misunderstanding the original question.

ninerbuff

Depends on one's goals. Obviously a competitive athletes "exercises" everyday, but still need adequate rest and nutrition to recover.
Personally I work out everyday, but my regimen is by no means a workout to failure like my earlier days. I split body parts, and do some cardio. My workouts don't last more than an hour, and I get plenty of rest between sessions (usually a week before I do the same body part directly again). Some ways to tell if you're not recovering efficiently: tired, no energy, lack of strength, muscle not changing, bored with training, having to force oneself to train (although that could be totally mental too).

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MommyisFit

I have one rest day per week and I have to force myself not to go to the gym that day! I do cardio 6 days a week and I lift 3 days (so on my lifting rest days, I still do cardio).

choijanro

ok guys,, tnx 2 ur info's ,,

i will take rest days like one to two days


i will also advice my friends not to do lifting,abs exercise or cardio everyday because they doing it everyday,, it is not good,, maybe it can cause stroke,paralyze or heart attack or stress or fatique or overtraining

UCSMiami

I do six days out of seven. Different muscle groups each following day and focus so no overtraining occurs.

Sometimes seven out of seven if my mojo is strong.

pcastagner

I do six days out of seven. Different muscle groups each following day and focus so no overtraining occurs.

Sometimes seven out of seven if my mojo is strong.

I used to do that but I ran into a problem: the split wound up giving each group too much rest.

crankgurlx

it's bad. you need at least one day to rest. i use sunday. but i also do a recovery day on thursday which is basically stretching. if you only do cardio then 7 days a week is fine. but dont lift weights everyday. when i first started working out i hurt my back doing that. doctor said it was from over training.

MercenaryNoetic26

I started lifting 6days a week for the month. I'm making sure to get adequate rest, nutrition and fluids. So far so good. I'm very functional. I'm okay with sore. Training everything twice a week. I figure if it's just for the month, I'm good.

Eta: (for what I'm doing) muscle groups rest for 2 whole days before being worked again. So depends on the split. While one group is recovering, you can work another. My rest day will probably still involve some light activity such as that abs I forgot to work today or walking.

UCSMiami

I worded incorrectly. 3/1 split= 3 days of Strength- CST, BB, Legs followed by Cardio, then repeat but skip/rest on day number 7 (Sunday)

jrniven

Monitor your gains. Listen to your body. You will figure out what is right for YOU over time. You can spend a life time sifting through the internet trying to figure out what is best for someone else. Much like everything else everyone has an opinion, their opinions vary, and their opinions are what the believe to be the current absolute truth. You can learn from people more experienced then you, but experience does not always mean they are correct. Like The wise Hodgetwins say "Do what ever the **** you wanna do".