what exercise to do on off days?

BIRDIEBL8

I'm into my second week of training for my first 5k & wonder what exercises I should be doing on my off days? I don't want to over do it on my knees but want a daily work out. Any suggestions?

SSoebbing85

I swim, bike and do strength training on my days off. The strength training has really helped give me more power in my legs so I can complete the C25K workouts easier.

loril13

My Day 1 will probably be tomorrow or Saturday.
My current workout routine is all classes. I take a strength training / resistance training class twice a week, yoga once a week and Zumba once a week. I really should go to the abs classes before my regular classes. I need more core strengthening. My gym is at my work, so it is not available to me on weekends.
I will probably have to double up one day with my gym class and my C25K training.

BIRDIEBL8

Thanks for the advice. I'm going to start riding my bike to work again & will look into a place to swim. need to figure out a much needed strength training routine. Only up to 1.87 mi on the 5k training but going for 3mi today!