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placebomonkey
placebomonkey Posts: 104 Member
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Hi All

How many rest days should you have a week? Ive hit the gym every day Sunday to wednesday so far

Sun = Shoulders and legs + 30 mins run + 15 mins swim
Mon = Back & biceps + 35 mins run
Tuesday = chest and triceps + boot camp + 45 mins run
Wednesday = 45 minutes cardio

I would just keep going like this but Ive been told I must have a day off? Feel free to post your suggestions

Thank you xxx

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  • Leadfoot_Lewis
    Leadfoot_Lewis Posts: 1,623 Member
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    Personally, I take a rest day every 2-3 days. I hate it as I'd seriously rather be working out, but I know my body needs the recovery time. There's the old saying "Muscles are built when you're resting, not in the gym" which is VERY true. Admittedly a lot of times I'll use rest days for my Ab workouts, which are fairly low intensity, so I can fit them in for the week.
  • bumblebums
    bumblebums Posts: 2,181 Member
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    I take four rest days a week.
  • lwoodroff
    lwoodroff Posts: 1,431 Member
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    I have a job, a husband, and two small children.. I can get to the gym 3x/week, which seems to work for me. I think if I didn't have the rest days I'd get burned out and bored and fed up. As it is, I've done SL for 6 months and not bored yet!
  • randomtai
    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
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    I take four rest days a week.

    Me too.. I lift 3 days a week and that's it.
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,268 Member
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    ATM I am lifting 3x a week rest 4 days...

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