Rest day

knittingwitch

Who takes a rest day and what do you do on a rest day?
In the beginning of my weight loss I did not take a rest day at all, but then I did the live fit program and I kinda started to take a rest day, but when I quite that I started working out every day.
Now I'm doing another workout program and it recommends rest days, but I don't know what to do should I really not do any thing at all dealing with working out or can I go for an hour walk on a tread mill?
Also do you eat your recommend calories, or do you eat a little bit more and go over?

xXxHBICxXx

I take a rest day on Sundays because that is our "family" day, we spend the day with in-laws and what not so working out doesn't "fit" in on Sunday. As far as calories, on Sundays I try really hard to stay under by 100-200, just because i'm crazy and that makes sense in my head.

knittingwitch

There is no way I could do that, but that sounds like a goal that would make you lose weight for sure.

TAsunder

I usually have a rest day on sunday or monday. I exceed my calories by a fair amount. To make up for that, I try to go under more than needed one or two other days in the week. Basically, I work on an extra deficit until sunday and then it evens out.

Camille0502

I workout six days per week. On work day, I wake up at 5:15am to get my workout in. Monday is my rest day so I can ease myself into the workweek. On my rest day, I don't do any exercise on purpose. It am a firm believer in rest days. I think they are as important as doing the exercise. It is my day to mend.

mariacolumbus

I understand your feeling of not wanting to take a rest day...but early on in my fitness journey I decided that if the experts that put together the programs I am using say to take a rest day, then they know what they are talking about and I should follow it.

Rest day should be a time to let your muscles REST. I think it is okay to take a stroll or something leisurely...but nothing that puts stress on your body....its supposed to be resting

I try to keep my caloric intake lower on rest days...but like an earlier poster said, it will even out over the week...just don't go really overboard on rest day.

hope this helps
Best of luck!

concordancia

I occasionally take active rest days, where I go for a walk or bike ride without trying to better my time or just stretch or do light yoga.

BeachIron

While I like rest days, I also like rest weeks.

Oh, and what do I do? Sit by the pool and drink beer.

LoosingMyLast15

Who takes a rest day and what do you do on a rest day?
In the beginning of my weight loss I did not take a rest day at all, but then I did the live fit program and I kinda started to take a rest day, but when I quite that I started working out every day.
Now I'm doing another workout program and it recommends rest days, but I don't know what to do should I really not do any thing at all dealing with working out or can I go for an hour walk on a tread mill?
Also do you eat your recommend calories, or do you eat a little bit more and go over?

today happens to be my rest day. i may go over i may not it just depends on what will be for dinner tonight. i don't plan my dinners so i can't tell you what i'm going to have. my rest days vary - whatever day i do strength training at lunch then run that night the next day is rest day.

UsernameStillLoading

I take rest days.
I recover.
Depending on the day, I chill out or I do my regular routine. I watch an extra hour of television (since I don't have to use that hour on the gym that day). I log in my food. On some rest days, I eat more than usual depending on how hard I worked out the previous day. Some days require more calories for my body to get through the day. I may or may not take naps. I may or may not hang out with my friends.
My favorite rest day is Sunday because I get the house all to myself so I blast up some music and dance around like a maniac...but shh, don't tell anyone.

ItsCasey

I've struggled with the concept of rest days for years. I've ranged from working out 3 days per week all the way up to 7, and I can tell you the only thing working out 7 days per week accomplished was me being sore, tired, and injured all the time. I was doing 6 hours per week of lifting and 10 to 15 hours of cardio, and it was miserable. I was in great physical condition, but it was no way to live (for someone who is not a professional athlete) and not something I could have done for a long period of time.

I have settled into working out 4 to 5 days a week, depending on how my body feels. I always do 3 days of heavy lifting and at least 1 day for HIIT, sometimes 2, and I do a deload week every 6 to 8 weeks, in which I cut out the HIIT completely and cut back on the lifting. On my rest days (typically Saturday and Sundays, and sometimes Thursdays if I don't do an extra HIIT session), I don't "work out," as in intentional exercise, though I might do a lot of walking or hiking, just as a result of whatever activities I had planned for those days.

I think people develop a badass superhero complex when it comes to taking rest days. You convince yourself that it's weak, and you give yourself a hard time about not burning the extra calories, but everybody has to pay the piper at some point. If you go balls to the wall every day for a certain amount of time, you're going to find yourself worrying about a lot more than a rest day.

I don't really do calorie cycling. It's just easier for me to eat roughly the same amount every day. I eat a lot of protein every day, so I don't worry too much about the recovery aspect of eating more on training days.

Philllbis

I was the same way. I worked out 7 days a week. Now that I lift, I need to take a rest day. I usually do some light cardio on my rest day.

cwolfman13

Sunday is always a rest day for me. That doesn't mean I just sit on my *kitten*...though sometimes I do...but I don't do any type of vigorous exercise. Usually I just take the boys to the zoo or something for a couple hours of slow walking and family time...maybe a recreational bike ride down by the river...stuff like that. But sometimes, I do literally sit on my *kitten* all day and drink beer.

cwolfman13

I take a rest day on Sundays because that is our "family" day, we spend the day with in-laws and what not so working out doesn't "fit" in on Sunday. As far as calories, on Sundays I try really hard to stay under by 100-200, just because i'm crazy and that makes sense in my head.

Completely unnecessary...your calorie goal has a deficit of 500-1000 calories per day built in already. You don't have to stay under anything...that's the reason they call it a goal. A goal is something to be achieved.

mizzcasual

The training plans I do are quite high intensity full body workouts so I only go 3 days a week to the gym and my trainer said I should do it 3 times a week with a rest day inbetween. My rest days are Monday , Tuesday , Thursday and sometimes Saturday but I'm going to add swimming in for that day since my other workout would be too hard the next day.