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is it ok if?

cabul3
cabul3 Posts: 210 Member
edited September 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
yesterday i worked out for 2.5 hrs:
- 45 min strength training
- 30 min elliptical
- 45 min AquaFit
- 30 min walk

today? i am soo bagged. i just want to go back to bed. is it ok to miss my cardio workout today?

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  • Schwiggity
    Schwiggity Posts: 1,449 Member
    No.
  • dls06
    dls06 Posts: 6,774 Member
    Wait and see how you feel later in the day and maybe just do a shorter workout.
  • Riebop
    Riebop Posts: 275
    Just listen to your body. If it's telling you to rest, then it's ok.
  • kathyhull
    kathyhull Posts: 327 Member
    Just listen to your body. If it's telling you to rest, then it's ok.

    Good advice.
  • Jennloella
    Jennloella Posts: 2,286 Member
    if you're just kinda tired and looking for us to say its ok to not exercise today, then NO! If you are legitimately sore and beat down and haven't had a rest day for a few days, then take it easy =)
  • hyperkate
    hyperkate Posts: 178 Member
    Of course it is! You do not HAVE to exercise everyday. If you are tired you won't be getting anything out of the exercise anyway. They suggest a day between exercising to recoup the body anyway :-)!
  • scarletfever2005
    scarletfever2005 Posts: 141 Member
    yesterday i worked out for 2.5 hrs:
    - 45 min strength training
    - 30 min elliptical
    - 45 min AquaFit
    - 30 min walk

    Did you lose a bet? That's a lot of training
  • ajbeans
    ajbeans Posts: 2,857 Member
    It's a valid choice. What I might suggest is taking a walk or doing some light cardio just to keep your energy level up, but if you're really just too tired for anything, take a rest day. You should be having a rest day at least once a week anyway.

    If you regularly get this exhausted after your workouts though, I might suggest changing your eating habits, and/or doing a shorter workout. You're overexerting yourself, and that's not going to be good for you in the long run.
  • bjshields
    bjshields Posts: 677 Member
    Just tone it down. You don't have to kill yourself every day. Rest is legitimate part of fitness, too. Good luck!:smile:
  • chevy88grl
    chevy88grl Posts: 3,937 Member
    Just listen to your body. If it's telling you to rest, then it's ok.

    This. I agree 100%. Listen to your body.
  • jamie78
    jamie78 Posts: 514 Member
    yesterday i worked out for 2.5 hrs:
    - 45 min strength training
    - 30 min elliptical
    - 45 min AquaFit
    - 30 min walk

    Did you lose a bet? That's a lot of training

    Thats what I was wondering! lol
    I would listen to your body.. You dont want to burn it out.. Maybe just do some low impact stuff today .
  • laura_annable
    laura_annable Posts: 34
    Definately listen to your body.

    Experts recommend you do 30 mins a day 5 times a week, with what you did yesterday i think having a rest today will be fine.

    Laura x :smile:
  • cabul3
    cabul3 Posts: 210 Member
    yesterday i worked out for 2.5 hrs:
    - 45 min strength training
    - 30 min elliptical
    - 45 min AquaFit
    - 30 min walk

    Did you lose a bet? That's a lot of training

    haha no -- no lost bet! i was just feeling pumped yesterday, and AquaFit is my fave, so i didn't want to skip it on top of everything else! i guess i did 2 days worth of working out yesterday, so it's ok if i rest today.... i'll be right back at it tomorrow!
  • KatyFace9801
    KatyFace9801 Posts: 230 Member
    When I'm beat like that from a hard work out or just from a hard day I try just walking or biking that day.
  • cabul3
    cabul3 Posts: 210 Member
    i relaxed on the couch til noon -- now i'm antsy, so i'm going to go for an easy bikeride :o)
  • hazelnutflav
    hazelnutflav Posts: 391 Member
    this is how i look at it, i have a goal to workout of 5xs a week m-f NO EXCUSES.

    i work out abt 2hrs or more each session sometimes going over and end up in a pool..of....sweat.

    those times when i feel tired bec of what i did the day before to me is not a excuse i still work out even if it means working our for a hr instead of 2 or finding another type of workout to get some type of workout in, i dont care if im sore i just pop two ibuprofen and keep it moving regardless of what my body says, i can very easily turn into a lazy beast and that has been a problem for me in the past i have learned to like the pain and stop whining abt what hurts and being tired.

    i will say it again i have a goal to workout of 5xs a week m-f NO EXCUSES.
  • christine24t
    christine24t Posts: 6,063 Member
    Spread your workouts out to workout everyday!
  • SDH15
    SDH15 Posts: 35
    No.

    lol
  • dragonflydi
    dragonflydi Posts: 665 Member
    yesterday i worked out for 2.5 hrs:
    - 45 min strength training
    - 30 min elliptical
    - 45 min AquaFit
    - 30 min walk

    today? i am soo bagged. i just want to go back to bed. is it ok to miss my cardio workout today?

    When that happens to me, I still try to make it to the gym and I just modify the intensity of my workout to a lower intensity cardio workout such as incline walking on the treadmill with weights as opposted to something like running or HIIT.
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