How often?

Buffduff11
Buffduff11 Posts: 47 Member
edited November 15 in Fitness and Exercise
How often do you exercise? And how many rest days do you have? Last year I'd work out at least 4-5 times a week with 2-3 rest days and this year I'm making it a solid 6 days working out 1 rest even if I make myself do just cardio if I'm too tired to lift.

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  • MelanieCN77
    MelanieCN77 Posts: 4,047 Member
    I work out every day. The lightest thing I'd do as rest is probably a long/brisk outdoor walk but that's infrequent, maybe once a month or more.
  • rybo
    rybo Posts: 5,424 Member
    Almost every day. I take a rest day when life happens or my body says I need one, and I'm usually pretty good at working around "life". Granted not all of my workouts are very intense, and I don't count active recovery as a workout, although sometimes I think I should as I am still doing something fitness related, even if it's mobility, stretching and recovery.
  • JDMac82
    JDMac82 Posts: 3,192 Member
    Listen to your body. Ensure your caloric intake is sufficient or it could be causing your body to tear it's self down more. I usually do 6 on 1 off but have had days where I was just worn down and I did an active rest day, walk Vs run. Stretching and moderate calisthenics Vs lifting.
  • Lillymoo01
    Lillymoo01 Posts: 2,865 Member
    I walk everyday, so there is no rest day for me. The speed and distance will alter though depending on what was done the day before. I do some resistance training at home every second day
  • sardelsa
    sardelsa Posts: 9,812 Member
    I lift 3-4x per week, yoga once a week (which I guess can be considered active rest ), then just walking or nothing the rest of the days. I need my days off from lifting to recover. But it will depend on my programming and intensity as well as my goals.
  • Soundwave79
    Soundwave79 Posts: 469 Member
    On the PHUL program I'm doing Wed, Sat and Sun are supposed to be rest days. But I can't force myself to rest that much. So Wed usually ends up being an active rest light cardio day, Sat is a heavy cardio day and Sunday is a true rest day for me.
  • __TMac__
    __TMac__ Posts: 1,669 Member
    Six. Three days of my preferred sport and three of cross-training. The seventh day might see some stretching, but that's it.
  • BrianSharpe
    BrianSharpe Posts: 9,248 Member
    I try to do something every day, sometimes 2 x daily but......I'm also training for a triathlon and really need to spend time in the pool. (The run & bike stuff is easy compared to swimming.....I should have stuck with duathlons, there's no drowning involved)
  • jjpptt2
    jjpptt2 Posts: 5,650 Member
    duffbaby11 wrote: »
    How often do you exercise? And how many rest days do you have? Last year I'd work out at least 4-5 times a week with 2-3 rest days and this year I'm making it a solid 6 days working out 1 rest even if I make myself do just cardio if I'm too tired to lift.

    Depends on what I'm training for, but I try to do something 5-6 days a week, even if it's just some stretching and mobility work.
  • furmickc
    furmickc Posts: 43 Member
    Run 6 days a week, strength/core/stability 2-3 days a week, yoga daily. But I run marathons and ultramarathons.
  • Morgaen73
    Morgaen73 Posts: 2,817 Member
    I work out 5 days a week. I rest Fridays and Sundays. I tried doing 6 but I couldn't maintain it.
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    Counting the MET 2 exercise of standing at a desk for a few hours each day, I exercise 6 days a week. Less often I include a cardio exercise above MET 3. Even less often, I do some pathetic lifting.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    It depends on where I'm at with a particular training protocol. At the moment I'm cycling 4x per week and lifting 3x per week. Mileage will increase in the Spring when I start training for a 1/2 century in May, time trial series in the summer, and a century in September and then will dial things back again.

    This amounts to 6 days per week, but what I'm doing changes with my training seasons and protocols for various events...once I really get into season, I'll be riding pretty much 6 days per week and lifting 2x per week at the most.
  • Spliner1969
    Spliner1969 Posts: 3,233 Member
    duffbaby11 wrote: »
    How often do you exercise? And how many rest days do you have? Last year I'd work out at least 4-5 times a week with 2-3 rest days and this year I'm making it a solid 6 days working out 1 rest even if I make myself do just cardio if I'm too tired to lift.

    I'm at 5 days a week this year. For the first six to eight months back in early 2015 I did 7 days a week. That was a bad idea. I ended up injured. After that I dropped to 6 days a week up until around the holidays of 2016 and now I've dropped to 5 days a week. There are rare occasions I will drop to 4 days a week but I try to keep it at 5 days a week 90 minute workouts. Eventually though, likely at the end of 2017, I may drop it back to 4 days a week and once that equalizes I may keep it that way permanently.
  • Myki3012
    Myki3012 Posts: 152 Member
    duffbaby11 wrote: »
    How often do you exercise? And how many rest days do you have? Last year I'd work out at least 4-5 times a week with 2-3 rest days and this year I'm making it a solid 6 days working out 1 rest even if I make myself do just cardio if I'm too tired to lift.

    Six days with a rest also.
  • __TMac__
    __TMac__ Posts: 1,669 Member
    edited February 2017
    JeromeBarry1 wrote: »
    Even less often, I do some pathetic lifting.

    @JeromeBarry1 - This made me LOL. I also do infrequent and pathetic lifting.
  • spiriteagle99
    spiriteagle99 Posts: 3,749 Member
    I walk 2-3 miles 7 days a week (big dog), run 5 days a week (currently training for a marathon), do cross training one day a week (exercise bike, hike or dvd of some sort), and rest on one day (aside from the walk.)
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