What do you do on your rest day?
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rileyes
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I play tennis.
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Usually I at least go for a walk...but sometimes I do nothing...sometimes I even take two. I do not do anything more than light activity though...for what I do the rest of the time, rest is very important.0
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Honestly, I sit on the couch and watch TV. Yep, I'm lazy. Tennis wouldn't be a rest day for me.0
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I rest. Pure and simple. I tried adding in some yoga once, and wound up very sore. Seemed very "not resting" in my opinion.
Some folks have no problem being active nearly every day. It's probably a factor of health and even age.
For my activity level, current fitness and age, I do very well doing cardio and strength the same day, 3 days/week, with one of those days being more intense cardio followed by two days rest. Works great for me. I take my resting heart rate nearly every morning, and can see that the day after a workout I am not fully rested, and after the heavy cardio day I am still not quite fully back the second morning either, but always back to normal when the day comes for exercise (unless I become ill).0 -
Housework usually as no other bugger does it.0
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I rest0
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I actually play a vigorous hour of tennis 3 times a week and try to fit in jogging the bleachers. The other four days I alternate crossfit-type workouts. I have been doing the same routine for at least two months. So, for me anyway, it is just to stay active and maintain what I built. Next month I plan to increase intensity and weights. And that will get me napping and looking forward to a real rest day.
I was just wondering if a total "rest day" for a non-body-builder-at-this-time is necessary. ???0 -
Walk, of the "stroll" variety. I call my mom or a friend, pop in my headset, and amble&ramble.
Sometimes I swim easy.0 -
rest, stretch, play PS40
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IMO everyone should have one, one hundred percent rest day to give your body a break ...0
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cheshirecatastrophe wrote: »Walk, of the "stroll" variety. I call my mom or a friend, pop in my headset, and amble&ramble.
Sometimes I swim easy.
I could do that. But my pool is the ocean so that's out.0 -
I do yoga, walk, some light dance.0
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I always at least walk a few miles on my rest days. Getting outside helps me relax.0
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IMO everyone should have one, one hundred percent rest day to give your body a break ...
Kidding. I read, binge watch Netflix, maybe go shopping... anything fun, so no laundry and no cleaning lol. Basically be a lazy a*s with my boyfriend, who also happens to be my training partner. Irest days
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Yoga.0
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Second the walking. If my joints or energy levels are telling me I've overdone it, I generally haven't overdone it so much I can't put one foot slowly in front of the other for a bit.0
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