Rest days

marchellaz
marchellaz Posts: 70 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
How many rest days do you take a week if any? I feel like I am slacking if I take one a week.

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  • GohanJKA
    GohanJKA Posts: 66
    It depends sometimes I take one, but I usually don't. It really depends on how I feel. Sometimes my body needs a rest once in a while.
  • ryanlee77
    ryanlee77 Posts: 65 Member
    i usually take at least one..however i do feel as im slacking that day...but i know my body needs it .
  • ftrobbie
    ftrobbie Posts: 1,017 Member
    During T25 one day a week, currently 4 days rest a week, the other 3 I am doing SL5x5 with 30 mins of cardio afterwards. Seems to be working at the moment.
  • jimmmer
    jimmmer Posts: 3,515 Member
    4 days - sometimes 3 if I go for a run.
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    Thursday- and Sunday.
    Technically I have 4 days "off" but I'm not really off- I have dance the other days- but officially it would be 4.

    I used to lift 5 days a week- switching to only 3 a week was crazy- stressed me out for the first two or three weeks. But if you are progressively lifting- that *kitten* gets heavy and you need all the sleep/rest you can get.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Usually two. For me, a rest day doesn't mean doing nothing though...not that there's anything wrong with that either...but I prefer to look at my rest days as active recovery days.

    You have to realize that while exercise is good for the body, it is also bad for the body in that it breaks the body down...you need rest from vigorous activity to allow that recovery to happen. Recovery is really where the magic happens...that's really where you make your fitness gains. Really, your rest days should be viewed as just a part of your overall training/fitness regimen as they are just as important as the exercise itself.

    I still walk around 3 - 3.5 miles or so on my rest days and I'm generally active...Wednesday and Sunday are my rest days. I am required by my wife to have one weekend day to be a rest day to get **** done in the yard or fix broken stuff around the house, etc. Wednesday is a nice mid week rest day for me and gets me feeling good for my Thursday sprints on my bike in the morning and my lifting session in the evening.
  • alska
    alska Posts: 300 Member
    1 to 2 rest days. I always take Sunday off ... but sometimes I sneak in another lol but no more than that!
  • AlliSteff
    AlliSteff Posts: 211 Member
    1-2
  • CallMeCupcakeDammit
    CallMeCupcakeDammit Posts: 9,377 Member
    I take one intentional one, usually Sunday. Sometimes if I'm really sleep deprived I'll take another.
  • Willbenchforcupcakes
    Willbenchforcupcakes Posts: 4,955 Member
    I take two, sometimes three. I work hard in the gym when I'm there, I love my rest days.
  • Sam_I_Am77
    Sam_I_Am77 Posts: 2,093 Member
    How many rest days do you take a week if any? I feel like I am slacking if I take one a week.

    It really depends on what your training goals are and how you're training; it's not really something any of us can directly answer. You definitely need time to recover, sometimes it's not about how much you do but rather what you don't do that leads to success. Take your rest days and eat right, if anything the rest days should help you "want" your next training day more and then you'll kick more *kitten* in the gym that way.

    Personally, I'm more about performance training and I train 4-days a week and either take Mon, Thu, Sun off or Wed, Sat, Sun off. Also, on your off days do a good stretching routine to help stay loose and circulate blood flow. Something like Joe DeFranco's Limber 11 and Simple 6 are great stretching & mobility routines that can help with that and it's like getting a little exercise in. If you do them right, it should take you at least 15-min's if not 20 - 30 min's.
  • iPlatano
    iPlatano Posts: 487 Member
    3
  • Myhaloslipped
    Myhaloslipped Posts: 4,317 Member
    I used to take one per week, but since I started Stronglifts, my body is forcing me to take two.
  • MelisRunning
    MelisRunning Posts: 819 Member
    Today is my rest day. Probably Thurs, too. But I am running 20+ miles tomorrow. I'm no slacker but I'm not dumb, either. Listen to your body. It's not a contest.
  • Elliehmltn
    Elliehmltn Posts: 254 Member
    Yes. What Melisrunning said.
  • Winston817
    Winston817 Posts: 1,335 Member
    Great question M! I rest Saturday and Sunday....need to. My little girl has soccer tennis and everything under the sun. Two days though works for me.
  • TiffieLand
    TiffieLand Posts: 159
    I rest if I'm tired, maybe once a week. But I usually don't rest because I get off track easily. I don't over exert myself so it isn't necessary to rest.
  • kristinegift
    kristinegift Posts: 2,406 Member
    I am at the very end of the runners world run streak, so I haven't had a rest day in over a month. Then again, I only run (just some light strength stuff at home maybe twice a week), so it's not like I'm doing hours of workouts a day. But once I get off this run streak after the July 4, I'll be resting one or two days a week again. However I haven't had any problems with energy, injury, etc. without having any rest days, so I won't be clamoring to sleep in, surprisingly.
  • climbing_trees
    climbing_trees Posts: 726 Member
    One or two days. But I usually do a big stretch or gentle yoga session. And maybe a slow walk.
  • Serah87
    Serah87 Posts: 5,481 Member
    I walk 6 miles a day, 6 days a week.

    I weight lift 5 days a week.

    Sundays are my rest day!! :smile:
  • BlueButterfly94
    BlueButterfly94 Posts: 303 Member
    I have two... sort of. I usually end up doing some sort of exercise on them anyway though. I can't help it; I'm restless.
  • segovm
    segovm Posts: 512 Member
    I just do cardio stuff so I never really feel the need to take one. Sort of hold the opinion that it's worse to sit on the couch all day than to walk around and move, but that's just me. If I was doing strength training I would definitely spread those out and rest the muscles but taking rest days from cardio seems like overkill to me.
  • suremeansyes
    suremeansyes Posts: 962 Member
    As of right now, I only have one official rest day. But when I stop teaching swim lessons I'll have 2-3 rest days a week and I will love every single minute. I probably won't even do cardio on my rest days.

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