YES. I have a serious endorphin addiction and I usually feel 'off' if I go more than a day without my fix. If I'm pressed for time, I do 30-40 mins on the elliptical. On the weekends, I often work through the entirety of Jillian Michaels's Kickbox Fast Fix (about an hour). Other times I'll do a mixture of elliptical for warmup and then a workout dvd. I try not to do anything with weights on my days off so my muscles can recover, I'm currently looking for more cardio-heavy dvds to do because my knees and my sanity need a break from the elliptical (seriously the most painfully boring part of my day).

I've been looking into bellydance workouts on youtube, and some of them are actually quite challenging. Even though it's very low impact and not the most efficient calorie burn, at least you're developing a skill while you're at it.

Doing fun cardio stuff on my off days helps with my soreness and keeps me in the habit of moving. I work at a desk job, so I really look forward to coming home to intense cardio so I can feel like I'm alive again, haha!

I feel the need for cardio on my off days too, and try really hard not to include any strength related exercises; I can not do the elliptical or treadmill for too long, I just get so bored.... Mostly I do Tae Bo and Zumba (downloaded classes from the internet), both are great calories burns for me and keep me entertained. On my 'off days" I try to do some yoga or walk with my dog.

I've been trying to incorporate cardio on my off days, but here's the thing... going to the gym JUST to run on the treadmill or do the elliptical takes a lot of convincing from me.. so I'm trying to look into something I can do at home so I'm more consistent. I bought a Bob Harper cardio DVD and then realized it's chalk full of strength training as well, even doing moves that I do with NROLFW, so it seems like its not a strength training rest day then...

Short answer, I feel like a total slug only working out 3 days a week, so 2 days will be devoted to cardio

What about turbofire

I just added in a day of swimming because I feel like I'm not getting enough cardio during Stage 1. I usually have been walking on my off days, but I feel it's not enough to keep me from gaining fat along with strength. I'd like to have a yoga day built in there too!

I almost posted this exact question a few days ago. I was feeling a bit guilty as I was sneaking in 30 minutes of treadmill on my off days. It seems I'm not alone. Sounds like my 30 min. of walk/jog won't impede my progress.

Thanks!

I walk on my days off and try to hit the yoga mat, too.