How many rest days do you usually take?

Rest from exercise?

i lift every day and do cardio most days, for the month of june i only missed one day. I've lifted at nearly this consistency for almost 6 years now.

From lifting? 2 a week. But I'm usually still fairly active on those days. Running around, playing with my girls, doing prehab/correctives. Maybe once a month I'll be able to have a super lazy do nothing day.

Lift 4 days, don't lift 3. No cardio and I try to keep moving/walking no matter what.

2 rest days per week, which are mainly the days I'm doing my homework and studying. I personally can't study while lifting weights or running an elliptical. Single tasker

Lift 4 days, don't lift 3 days. Sometimes I do cardio and sometimes I don't.

I don't really take "rest" days so to speak. Then again, my only form of exercise is walking. I might have a day or two where I don't walk as much (I'll still get over 10k steps), but I don't sit around all day and not do anything.

It depends on what I am doing. If I am very sore, I will take more days off. If I am not that sore, I'll work out. I always try to walk, however, so I only avoid more strenuous exercise.

I take one lazy day where I don't do anything. One other day is 'active' rest as I do a Pilates class that day.

Lift tues, thurs, sat
cardio mon, weds,fri
rest sun

Generally 1...but it depends on what's going on in my life and also depends on how I'm feeling. I've been nursing a bit of a nagging injury as of late so I've had a lot more rest than usual...which sucks because I have an event coming in a month that I need to prep for. I think I've gotten this thing straightened out though now and I think I know what to do to keep it at bay...but I've lost a few weeks of good training and I'm not where I should be at the moment.

You also have to consider what kind of training you're doing...more intensive training is going to require more rest and recovery time...if your exercise is pretty light you really don't need anything.

This is very individual. As others have suggested,

• A light exercise routine causes less need for rest day(s), while an intense daily routine may require more rest.
• An already-fit person will require fewer rest day(s) at a given level of exercise intensity than a less-fit person doing the same routine.
• If you do multiple very-different types of exercise, then the days you do one type may constitute rest days from the other.
• You may require more rest while in calorie deficit than you would at maintenance calories.

And how you feel will be a decent guide. If you start feeling fatigued (especially that bone-tired kind of thing), take a rest day, whether it's on your schedule or not. If the next day gives you a renewed sense of energy, then you've gotten feedback that that was a good decision.

Consider making some notes in your MFP exercise diary about how you feel daily, then review at the end of the week to see how that correlates with your workouts & rest days, and try sensible adjustments.

Personally, I don't have a defined schedule of rest days. I've been quite active for a dozen years, even before losing weight. I have the occasional lighter or no-exercise day at random, such as when weather cancels a planned outdoor activity. I'll take an intentional lighter day if I feel tired (for any reason: workouts, less sleep, illness, injury, whatever). I leave at least one full day between weight workouts of the same muscle groups (mostly an issue in my rowing off-season).

Current (summer) routine is M-W-F-Sa on-water rowing (with occasional extra rows), Tu-Th spin classes, random heavier or lighter yard/garden work through the week, occasional walks or bike rides. But I'm old (60).

I weight train 6 days a week (I hit the body parts twice a week) and Saturday is my "active" rest day. I typically do 500 jumping jacks. Lol

I am usually active every day. At least 10,000 steps outside of exercise (more if I have to work late and can't work out). But I can usually make a yoga class or go running. One day per week I lift heavy for several hours.