How important is a rest day? I need answers please!

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  • engineman312
    engineman312 Posts: 3,450 Member
    if you don't take a rest day, and you over train, you will probably need a rest week to recover from injuries.
  • misshaiti
    misshaiti Posts: 1 Member
    A lot depends on how intensive and long your exercise is and how intensive your "activities of daily living" are. For example, if you are someone like me who spends 8hours in a chair at the office with minimal time allowed for walking around and your exercise is a long walk (say an hour) at a fairly leisurely pace or 15 minutes of more intense activity like cardio etc. - then no, a rest day is not strictly necessary. However, if you have a more physically demanding job and your exercise is also intense activity then a rest day is very necessary to prevent muscles from being injured and damaged.
  • joannbucky
    joannbucky Posts: 1 Member
    You must rest at least one day, you will become obsessed. This is your Mother speaking Joannbucky. LOL
  • FuzzieJelly
    FuzzieJelly Posts: 848 Member
    Our bodies need time to rest from all we put them through. The sleep we get at night helps with that but we still need at least one day to rest not only our bodies, but our minds, and spirits as well. God, Himself, "rested" on the 7th day, so maybe we need to follow His example. Have a great day!
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