exercise fatigue

You need to favor rest and recover as part of the entire "Exercise Experience"

It is normal to need rest and recovery

I have been training a long time. I still need the recovery time with no cheating on it

It catches up to you in either stress injury or fatigue.

Do take a balanced approach. Exercise, eat right, rest.

There are no shortcuts

miaelissa wrote: »

Having same problem. But I've only been walking 6-10 miles a day. But previously was doing no exercise

Walking is low impact...not no impact. All that repetitive movement can be hard on the joints.

Switch things up. Work different muscles from time to time. Overall fitness is more than just cardio...or more than just strength. Each has their own health benefits.

Take a couple days each week and do strength/resistance training instead. It doesn't burn as many calories as cardio, but it will help you retain more lean muscle mass while eating at a deficit.

I do yoga at least 1 day a week. Yoga works flexibility and balance. This is a great stress reducer. The stretching will help your walking too.

It takes time for the body to get used to it. Don't be too hard on yourself ! Rest when you need to! And if you need 2 days off, take them. when I do chest flies on Tuesday, for example, I can barely get dressed until Saturday !!!!!

You should rest if you feel like you need to.

If the exercise is not particularly strenuous, you can generally do it on multiple days without issue - once your body is used to a particular level of exertion it can do that same level without needing recovery. For example, I can walk for an hour or more per day without being particularly strenuous on my body - I could do that every day and often do.

If the exercise is strenuous to the point you're pushing your body's capacity to its limits (for example if you're doing training, or a new or more intense workout than usual), you absolutely need rest in order to repair and recover. Pushing a muscle hard will cause microscopic damage, and it's the repair of that damage that strengthens the muscle and adapts your body. Muscle soreness definitely indicates that microscopic damage has occurred, but it's not always present. You absolutely need to give the body time to repair, or you end up losing strength temporarily - after sufficient recovery it will return.

In between, just listen to your body. You definitely want a medium to large meal in between exercise sessions so you can replenish muscle energy stores.

Recovery is as important as the exercise. In fact it's during the recovery from any exercise that your body adapts and supercompensates to make it was asked next time. Don't over do the enthusiasm. Sleep well, eat after a workout and build gradually.