Exercise and Rest Days..

Shalini_15

I know this question would have come up some 100times by now. Still I would like to understand. I generally workout from Tuesday to Saturday. Sunday is my deliberate rest day. Monday I try to go to the gym but somehow end up sleeping and not going. So my question is 5day workout sufficient or 6 days? The worst thing that happens on Monday is that I start feeling guilty, sad, depressed that I am gonna be a lazy *kitten* and would never lose weight like this. My entire Monday goes cribbing and filled with hopelessness. I dont like my job may be thats also one of the reasons.

I am aware that people say 5-6days workout per week is fine. But 6 days never happens in my case :frown: . What you suggest how it should be???

Shalini_15

Anyone??

4C_diva

5 days a week is sufficient for working out. You don't have to excercise 6 days a week to see results. I wouldn't go below 5 days a week when trying lose weight though. You will need to change your workouts every so often so that you can continue to see results. The body has a way of adapting to same exercises performed the same way at the same intensity each time. Every few weeks switch things up or cross train. I hope this helps.

Shalini_15

Ok... I shall try to follow that..

Sqeekyjojo

Maybe you're overdoing it a bit on the day before your rest?

I have a mix of rest, heavy and light days; if I'm still tired after a rest, I'll do a light day next - for me, that's swimming or some sort of yoga/Pilates type day and throw in the sweetener that I can go in the sauna afterwards if I do that hour. Then I'm back the next day in the gym, feeling much better.

I'll also make sure I eat well - sometimes I've not eaten enough because I'm dealing with side effects from some meds, and that makes it harder to recover.