Tiredness and guilt...

I tend to get crabby (or so my wife & kids tell me) if I miss a running day.........

I exercise on consecutive days (run 4 x weekly, strength 2 or 3 x weekly, biking, swimming, rowing etc) but alternate days (ie won't do strength 2 days in a row) and the only days I run 2 consecutive days would be Saturday (short & easy) and Sunday (long & slow) and I take a rest /recovery day every week.

I work out six days a week, Friday's are my rest days.

Whether or not I take any days off depends on what's going on. If I'm in the course of a training schedule for a specific upcoming race then I don't take days off. The only days I've missed have been for medical reasons (as in, I was at the hospital) or one day that was outside of my control to get home in time to do my long run. But I did it that Friday instead, so I still got all of my workouts in.

Whenever I work out, I try to always give it 100%. There are some days that I'm more tired than others that even though it feels like 100% for that day, that it's probably only about 80% of what I could normally do.

And I wouldn't say that I felt guilty for missing the day that I did, but I definitely didn't like it and that was part of why I made sure to make up the workout later.


If I'm not training for a specific race then I'm more likely to take a day off to go out. For example, my husband's brother is coming to town this week. If I were race training, I'd be skipping the main plans for the evening to get my workout in and then I'd join them for part of the time, working around my schedule. Since I'm not in race training, I'll just be skipping that evening's workout and going to hang out and relax.

I don't make the skipping a regular thing though. It's not like an "Oh, I feel tired tonight, I just won't workout", it typically has to be for something specific like a friend or family based event.

I am in the gym 7 days a week and I workout with a trainer twice a week.

I did the 30 day shred for 8 days in a row and I got super bored with it and stopped. I haven't exercised outside of walking/cleaning in a couple days now. I'm gonna start doing kickboxing here and there though.

I exercise 5-6x days a week now, but I started at 3x a week alternating days off and days at the gym. Now I do 30DS 3-4x a week and run 30-40 minutes on days I'm not doing 30DS. I also like to take walks with my dog at night to walk off muscle stiffness and have fun! 1-2x a month I hike 8-9miles on the weekend which takes about 4 hours.

I push through tiredness, and muscle pain, unless it hurts to stand up or sit down, then I take a day off to let them recover.

I do have guilt when I don't exercise, but it's guilt for not taking care of my body and the ill effects I feel when I don't work out (I have anxiety issues, got off medication last year and exercise is NECESSARY for me to feel calm and relaxed).

I excercise with a trainer at the gym 4x week. I also try to add small bits of movement throughout the rest of the week, maybe running a bit, or taking the dog for a nice long walk.
I had to stop excercising for 2 weeks due to a medical issue, and in those 2 weeks, I felt sluggish and irritable.
I am now back to my regular routine and I feel full of energy once again!
I do feel guilty if I don't excercise....so I just do it!!!

this is typically my exercise routine.. it use to be more full on then what it is now lol

Monday - Spin Class and Yoga Class - back to back
Tuesday - Aerobics Step Class and weights plus more cardio on the bike and treadmill usually 25mins on each
Wednesday - rest day
Thursday - Body Pump (fav class) and weights plus more cardio on the bike and treadmill maybe 30mins on each depending on how im feeling
friday - boxing day and cardio 50mins on each bike and treadmill
saturday - rest day
sunday - Boxing again and then its weights and more cardio - 25mins-30mins on treadmill and bike

I'm petty full on with my routine and i never deviate i feel guilty for having 2 days off a week and always fight with myself over it.. lol

The town I live in doesn't have any gym facilites with child care, so that limits me to working out only 3-4 days a week. One of those days is usually road running after the kids have gone to bed, but the others are cardio (treadmill) and weights at the gym.

How many times a week do all the members exercise? Do people exercise days in a row? Or when you feel tired do you take a rest day and then work out the day after?

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And does anyone else feel guilty if they don't exercise?

It's important to keep in mind that we are asking a lot of our bodies ... massive diet and workout changes can really throw our former couch resting selves into difficult adjustment periods. We have to re-learn to listen to our bodies signals and develop our personal coping mechanisms: is that a good sore feeling or a STOP, you are about to hurt yourself feeling?

Working out can alleviate some soreness. I am better off with a short run after lifting than stretching alone, and walking is great to work out that tightness from yesterday's cardio. When I first started, I could not possibly work out two days in a row.

It is so important to develop the plan that works for you - pushing yourself just enough, but not too much ... and then change it up every six weeks or so.

Also, remember to throw in your rest days and rest weeks. If you are tired and seeing a slip in performance, your body is telling you it needs a rest week at 80% or less typical effort. Some exercisers schedule these regularly every five to eight weeks.

Like many other posters, I work out six days a week: lift and run 2-3x, interval or kickbox 2x, and long run. On my non-workout days, I do yoga.

My first couple rest weeks were really difficult to do, because I felt guilty that I wasn't put an all out effort in. I've since come to realize that my rest weeks improve my performance. I try to schedule rest weeks to coincide with vacations, or with family visiting, or with really busy work schedules.