How many days off do you take?

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  • Ldbg289
    Ldbg289 Posts: 236 Member
    Truthfully it's been a while since I've had the discipline to do daily workouts. I wont even go into the why, because they're just excuses and there is only one excuse I truly think is ok, the rest are just a way of saying I'm too lazy to workout today, plain and simple(well at least that's how I feel about me). Since I don't know the rest of you I cant judge you for the days you take off. FYI my only excuse SHOULD be my epilepsy. I don't workout on seizure days.
  • caracrawford1
    caracrawford1 Posts: 657 Member
    Everyone always tells me that it's really bad to work out 7 days a week, and that you can actually do more harm than good working out this much. My problem is, I always feel guilty skipping the gym, even if I had went the past six days that week.

    How many off days do you normally take in a week?
    I take one day off. Mondays. Because no one likes Mondays anyway. I learned my lesson about taking days off when I got a tibial stress fracture before my first marathon. Recovered from the injury and learned to train smarter, not harder.
  • BigVeggieDream
    BigVeggieDream Posts: 1,101 Member
    I take one day off a week. My exercise schedule revolves around how long and hard I work out. So I alternate heavy day, light day and take Wednesdays off.
  • oneloopygirl
    oneloopygirl Posts: 151 Member
    I generally work out 4 or 5 days a week. However, one rest day is simply because I clean house, do laundry, etc... Generally run around all day. I don't count it for exercise or anything, but I don't know that it really counts for much rest. In the summer I probably stay more on the 4 day a week workouts because I'm outside more and more active in doing stuff outside anyway. In the winter, I generally hit the 5 days a week workout. Rest days are important, though. The body needs to recover. Mixing up your routine can help, too.
  • Zekela
    Zekela Posts: 634 Member
    I take days off when I'm demanded by a doctor due to some illness, if I'm traveling / inconvenient or on the rare occasion where I just feel like not doing anything (including, not going to work --- where Id also just call in and say I'm not coming in). Otherwise, I workout everyday. I've been at it for a decade going onto two and I'm a okay. My body is used to it.
  • TheVirgoddess
    TheVirgoddess Posts: 4,535 Member
    Usually one, sometimes two, sometimes none. Today is my "rest" day, but I feel like running, so I'm going to. I think you should listen to your body. :)
  • November_Fire
    November_Fire Posts: 165 Member
    I respect the rest days or I'm not recovered enough in time for the next strength session. I alternate strength days with a 'rest' day of yoga, a lot of walking and, when two 'rest' days collide, I go for a 20-30 minute run.
  • sculli123
    sculli123 Posts: 1,221 Member
    I lift weights 4 days a week. I will do cardio on 'off' days sometimes, sometimes not. Usually end up working out in some way about 5 - 6 days a week.
  • laineybz
    laineybz Posts: 704 Member
    I work shifts and can go maybe 3 days without doing any. I've had a week off work this week but a friend visited so haven't done any since Thursday morning. I'll start it again tomorrow.
  • rybo
    rybo Posts: 5,424 Member
    It all depends on what you are doing. If you are following an actual plan its going to have off or easy days in it. If you are just burning calories and varying your activities, you can get away with less rest days. But if you are run down, take a day off. Sometimes I end up doing things on my off days that are just as taxing as my workouts.
  • Tanya949
    Tanya949 Posts: 604 Member
    Generally, it's 1 or 2 days off per week. I actually find that I do better, lose weight more quickly when I exercise less days in a week. I was doing strength training/circuits/cardio 3 days per week with leisurely walking on the weekends and saw more progress than the 3 days per week plus hiking/walking the other 3 or 4 days. So I cut down on the extra days and I find I am more able to 'perform' on the 3 workout days. My muscles hurt less too.
  • CipherZero
    CipherZero Posts: 1,418 Member
    Doing Starting Strength three days a week. Doing cardio of some kind every day if possible.
  • whitebalance
    whitebalance Posts: 1,654 Member
    Doing Starting Strength three days a week. Doing cardio of some kind every day if possible.
    I love your avatar pic.
  • HeatherScent37
    HeatherScent37 Posts: 25 Member
    I do a bootcamp style workout 3x a week - Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays (it's an iPhone app - I'm just starting out).

    But I also have a 9-month old spoodle (or cockapoo) puppy and she doesn't give me a day off! I walk her about 2-4 miles every day, shorter walks on my bootcamp days. And then we get home from a 5K and she brings me the ball to throw for half an hour. I wish I had her metabolism!
  • Leadfoot_Lewis
    Leadfoot_Lewis Posts: 1,623 Member
    I usually take 1 day a week off

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