how many days per week do you workout? do you take 100% rest days?

meghanduprey
meghanduprey Posts: 158 Member
edited November 19 in Fitness and Exercise
I try to workout 6 days per week (spinning about 3-4 days, trying for 4 and walking for an hour at 3.5-4mph for a little more than an hour at least 3-4 days/week) but i have been feeling like dropping down to 5 lately. am i being lazy? i still get in a short 20 minute 3.5mph walk but that's about it - and today i'm being a complete sloth and not doing anything because i have zero motivation. anyone else take 100% days off at all?
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  • lborsato1
    lborsato1 Posts: 1,011 Member
    6....... Sometimes I will go on a streak of 9 or 10 days, then my body says it needs a rest....
  • cheshirecatastrophe
    cheshirecatastrophe Posts: 1,395 Member
    I am normally busting at the door to get moving. So if I have a day with 0% motivation to do more than walk the dog, I generally take it as a sign my body needs a break.

    I alternate hard days and easy days and try to make one day CRAZY easy. A nice walk, some swimming, short flat bike ride, etc.
  • strong_curves
    strong_curves Posts: 2,229 Member
    5 - I don't work out on the weekends.
  • shadow2soul
    shadow2soul Posts: 7,692 Member
    I usually have at least 1 day a week where I might take a walk or do some yoga.
  • kaylajane11
    kaylajane11 Posts: 313 Member
    I try to do something every day. I lift and do boot camp (not on the same days), and Saturday is usually my only day off from those. Sometimes I will take a total rest day on Saturday, or else I will do light cardio. There are lots of days where things come up and I can't fit in my work out, so by doing something every day I possibly can, I am able to take those days off without too much guilt.
  • mikedenali
    mikedenali Posts: 181 Member
    5 days a week of weightlifting and add in circuit training on Tuesdays and Thursdays for fun. I do very little on the weekend but I don't count hiking or walking the dog as exercise.
  • jaga13
    jaga13 Posts: 1,149 Member
    6 days most weeks. But my "official" workouts (running/lifting weights) are only about 25 minutes M-F (that's the chunk of time I have in the morning between the kids leaving for school and when I have to get ready for work). Additionally, I add in a lot of walking every day and sometimes yoga in the evening.

    On the weekend I usually pick one day for an hour long workout since I don't have as much time during the week. This week it will happen on Sunday. Technically Saturday will be my rest day, but I will still aim for a lot of unofficial activity (lots of extra steps/movement)...that's because I want to be able to eat more every day!
  • meghanduprey
    meghanduprey Posts: 158 Member
    i usually try to do something every day, even if it's just one of those short walks but seriously today i'm not feeling like doing ANYTHING!
  • meghanduprey
    meghanduprey Posts: 158 Member
    (including getting dressed!)
  • Talan79
    Talan79 Posts: 782 Member
    I like to do 6. I have days where I'm exhausted and don't make it. So it ends up being five.
  • kmab1985
    kmab1985 Posts: 295 Member
    I like to workout 5 days and have the weekend off...
  • Bizurke51
    Bizurke51 Posts: 190 Member
    Rest day? Never heard of that muscle

    I go 7 days a week, 3 days of 60 minute cardio, 2 days of lifting only, 1 day of lift and cardio and 1 day of just 30 minutes. I really think I'd benefit from a weekly day off but I honestly would be bored without a trip to the gym. I have to be really tired or busy of skip the gym. Last day off was Easter
  • fannyfrost
    fannyfrost Posts: 756 Member
    I workout either 5 or 6 days a week. Some weeks it goes down to 4. Most of the time I get a rest day because I overslept in the morning and by the time I get home from work, I am too tired. Basically that work thing gets in the way.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    I take 1-2 rest days per week depending on how I'm feeling and what's going on in life in general. That said, I have a 3 y.o. and 5 y.o. and a wife and a dog...there is no such thing as just sitting around doing nothing. Even on my rest day the dog needs to go for a walk or the kids want to go to the zoo or the lawn needs mowed, etc.

    A rest day for me is simply a rest from vigorous activity...I'm not going to lift and while I might go out with my boys for a recreational bike ride, I'm not going to be pressing like I usually do...I'll be chillin'
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    I rest 1-2 days a week. Definitely not 100% rest though. Too much stuff to get done for pure vegging out.
  • PeachyPlum
    PeachyPlum Posts: 1,243 Member
    I work out 5 days a week and have 2 days a week that are "not working out" days. A lot of times on those days, I'll end up burning more calories than I did on a workout day. Getting *kitten* done around the house burns a ton of calories.

    I probably only take a straight lazy day once a month or so.
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    1-2 depending. Rest days are essential in my opinion.
  • SarahSloth342634
    SarahSloth342634 Posts: 90 Member
    I'm workout shy...hence the name! I have a plan to start doing 3 hour aerobic step workouts 3 times a week which would theatrically burn a pound of fat per month. Starting Monday :)
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    Bizurke51 wrote: »
    Rest day? Never heard of that muscle

    I go 7 days a week, 3 days of 60 minute cardio, 2 days of lifting only, 1 day of lift and cardio and 1 day of just 30 minutes. I really think I'd benefit from a weekly day off but I honestly would be bored without a trip to the gym. I have to be really tired or busy of skip the gym. Last day off was Easter

    we call that active rest days...

    I have those on Wednesdays...I don't lift, I don't run, no biking hard etc...just a little walk maybe 2 miles...but that's on top of my already 8-10k steps from living...

    I workout 6-7 days a week.

    4 lifting, 3 running and on the days I don't run I walk.

    Plus my life in general is active with keeping my house clean, gardening, lawn care, flower beds, dog, canoeing, camping, hiking etc...

    I've had days where I have had to just sit tho...mother's day that's what I did...sat on my butt all day 6720 steps...
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    SezxyStef wrote: »
    Bizurke51 wrote: »
    Rest day? Never heard of that muscle

    I go 7 days a week, 3 days of 60 minute cardio, 2 days of lifting only, 1 day of lift and cardio and 1 day of just 30 minutes. I really think I'd benefit from a weekly day off but I honestly would be bored without a trip to the gym. I have to be really tired or busy of skip the gym. Last day off was Easter

    we call that active rest days...
    agree with this. While it technically wasn't a rest day, I can't see 30 minutes of cardio as an active day either. you are kinda in that gray zone in my opinion.

    On that note, I really only consider "rest" days needed for lifting days. Cardio can be done 7 days a week in my opinion.
  • rileyes
    rileyes Posts: 1,406 Member
    My heavy workout days are Tues-Fri. And Sat-Mon I play tennis for one hour with friends.

  • PAtinCO
    PAtinCO Posts: 129 Member
    I do formal workouts four out of five weekdays and hike one (sometimes both) weekend days. The hike is usually my biggest burn of the week but it's more for fun so I don't consider it a real workout.

    On my rest days I still walk 5-7 miles.
  • aloranger7708
    aloranger7708 Posts: 422 Member
    strong_curves wrote: »
    5 - I don't work out on the weekends.

    This.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,687 Member
    I do something 7 days a week.

    On weekends I cycle quite a bit ... during the week I walk.
  • lwebsmfp
    lwebsmfp Posts: 297 Member
    I usually workout M-F and take the weekends off. If I miss a weekday, then I'll make it up on the weekend.
  • kerbeya1
    kerbeya1 Posts: 53 Member
    meghanduprey wrote: »
    i usually try to do something every day, even if it's just one of those short walks but seriously today i'm not feeling like doing ANYTHING!

    You wi hit a point where you body just says stop listen to it. I use to go 7 days a week lifting and cardio now I can really only do 3 days in a row then 1 day rest
  • kkarcher94511
    kkarcher94511 Posts: 196 Member
    5 days lifting/sometimes cardio added, 1 day pilates (still hard work) and 1 "rest" day where i work a 12 hour shift at my very active job, and am actually unable to get into the gym :/
  • underjay
    underjay Posts: 3 Member
    Everyday I do something just so I don't give myself the excuse of 'I'll do it tomorrow' - alternate days I jog or walk and yoga everyday.
  • rainbow198
    rainbow198 Posts: 2,245 Member
    I workout everyday. Brisk walking intervals around 35 miles per week, lifting 4 days a week and occasionally I will throw in a DVD workout, do Pilates, calisthenics or play tennis.

    I take an active rest day (light walking) once in a while when my body needs it, but I rarely take a complete rest day.

  • kcjchang
    kcjchang Posts: 709 Member
    I take 1-2 days per week, Fridays or Mondays and Fridays, depending on the intensity and overall duration. I do no forms of exercise at all on my rest days; taking today off completely for example. 6 days tend to be my max and just finished 15 hours riding 241 miles with over 10k feet elevation gain over that period. My best streak this year. (I normally start my week on Mondays but took a few days off vacationing last week. My current target is 11 hours per week of riding in three week blocks followed by 1 week at half of that duration.) Active recovery works for some but I'm not one of them. I tend to have no discipline in keeping my intensity low enough to be of benefit. It really depends on the intensity of the workouts and your current conditioning; being middle aged and out of shape, it takes me longer to recover.
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