How often do you take a rest day?

A couple times a week

Only when I'm sick or I'm somehow incredibly busy and just cannot slip much in the way of exercise into my day.

I took 4 rest days between the time I started with MFP in February 2015 and the end of August 2016 (18 months).
I had the flu on 2 of those days, 1 day I was in the air between North America and Australia (although I did walk laps around the plane, as usual), and 1 day I was on a ferry and then had to drive quickly to my parent's 50th wedding anniversary dinner (although I did walk laps around the ferry).

Since the end of August 2016, I have taken a few more rest days because of a rather alarming and unusual illness, and then a follow-up illness. September wasn't a good month for me. But I've been back at it again since the beginning of October!

That said, I do vary what I do. Some days I might only walk a couple km ... other days I'll cycle 400 km. It just depends.

I run. On my rest days, I still walk at least 12,500 steps a day. I try to rest a couple of times a week.

If I'm injured, I also just walk.

i've always done lifting programmes that called for three days a week, with at least one recovery day between. i'm technically on one now where i do four. but two of the lifts double up every week on my trainer day, so it comes to the same thing.

so i'm typically lift-rest-lift-rest-lift-rest, with an extra rest day somewhere in there. when i'm working, i ride on the days i don't lift. sometimes i just bike all the way through the week, but it kind of depends on whether or not i feel up to it. cycling isn't really something i'm pushing for 'progress' on, so i don't rest from it. once i'm conditioned to a particular ride, it's just something i do.

I walk 15k steps every day, even on rest days, and lift 4x a week. If I need a day of completely doing nothing, I take one, but that's probably once a fortnight - I've always been an active person

Two rest days from lifting a week, although I'm typically up and being fairly active on those days.

Actual total lazy sloth rest day? Maybe once a month.

I generally do something every day but mix up intensity, time etc. but you should be guided by what your own fitness goals are and how long you've been exercising. Think more in terms of recovery days and do something like walking, an easy bike ride, low intensity swimming etc.

I try for active rest days 1-2 days a week (still walking 4-5 miles), but sometimes one of those days becomes total couch-monster, not-even-a-little-bit-active rest day. Maybe once a month for the total rest day?

I run 5-6 days and throw a little strength training in whenever it occurs to me.

hnoyola0874 wrote: »

I asked my doctor how many days I should be working out a week. He replied " how many days a week do you eat"?

:huh:

Once a week. It's hard for me, I get antsy and I'm not very good at taking a rest day.

1-2 days per week. Usually try to get a yoga class in on one of the rest days.

I don't take an intentional rest day unless it's after a big race, injury, etc.