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exercise "rest day"

bettyjoburdett
bettyjoburdett Posts: 120 Member
edited February 14 in Social Groups
Hello all my Mfp friends,

I was wondering if you guys exercise everyday, or do you take days off to rest your body? I see a notice posted at the gym to rest a day after working on core strengh routines and was curious about this.

Any advise?

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  • TapouTFTW
    TapouTFTW Posts: 72
    Rest days can be confusing. Some muscle groups can be worked daily (like the abs), while other cannot. Hence the reason why some people work back/bis on one day and chest/tris on another. Cardio is another thing you can do daily, since there are so many ways to change up cardio. You could go out for a jog on one day, hit the pool on another and hit a rowing machine on the third and work your body in completely different ways each time (which is a good thing).

    The idea of a total rest or recovery day was not something I had really heard of until the introduction of crossfit and the "extreme" DVD workouts (Insantity, P90X, TapouT XT, etc). Most of these program recommend a complete rest day once a week. I must admit, when I was killing TapouT (or it was killing me), the rest days we really needed.

    With C25K I am working the roads every other day, with only light activity on my off days. The program touts to show results if you follow the program and so far I am a believer. If you are using a program that recommends a recovery day, I would take it.
  • jjking54
    jjking54 Posts: 113 Member
    My schedule, is generally M/W/F one week, M/T/Th the next week, then back to M/W/F ... those days include both weights/core and cardio. On the weekends I'm adding a long bike ride (indoors for now), but by and large, when it's a rest day I rest.

    Honestly I find that I need that rest day or I'm toast.
  • patriciapowerswilliamson
    patriciapowerswilliamson Posts: 109
    Hi there,

    I take a rest day when I feel exhausted and burned out from too much exercise. I try to do a walk and a run daily. When I am tired, I spin or just take leisurely walks. I am older and metabolism just doesn't work the way it used to so sitting around as I have discovered the hard way does me no good. Everyone's body and metabolism is different.
  • Trishsimon
    Trishsimon Posts: 129
    Hello all my Mfp friends,

    I was wondering if you guys exercise everyday, or do you take days off to rest your body? I see a notice posted at the gym to rest a day after working on core strengh routines and was curious about this.

    Any advise?

    Yes I do well more of a rest weekend I work out during the week boxercise classes and the on weekends I give myself a break I would still go for a walk or do 3 hours of housework but its not intense exercise.
    After I exercise for about 2 days I actually put on a few pounds but its just water retention so I drink 2 litres of water a day to help plus if I was exercising all the time I would get bored whereas I enjoy it now.
  • Giddy72
    Giddy72 Posts: 33 Member
    rather than a rest day as such i try not to do the same exercise two days in a row?

    So I go for a 4 mile walk on Saturday night, I go to the gym on Sunday , swim on Monday, gym on Tuesday, swim on Wednesday and so on.

    If i gym two days in a row,, i find i ache more and have less energy to do my list?

    Hope that helps?
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