Taking a rest day

crowleyed72
crowleyed72 Posts: 247 Member
edited November 16 in Fitness and Exercise
Who takes a total Day fro cardio an weight training.

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  • yskaldir
    yskaldir Posts: 202 Member
    Everyone including pro athletes
  • jludwick78
    jludwick78 Posts: 34 Member
    I take every other day from both. I only workout every other day and do nothing but eat in a deficit on the other days. Steady losing 1-1.5 a week.
  • spiriteagle99
    spiriteagle99 Posts: 3,743 Member
    I don't do weight training. I run 5 days a week, do one day of cross training (hiking or bike) and take one day as a rest day. I also walk 2-3 miles every day, walking the dog at an easy pace. I consider that active rest.
  • Mycophilia
    Mycophilia Posts: 1,225 Member
    I have Sundays off mostly because I see no reason to further split my training routine to fill that last day. I slot in a deload week every 4-6 weeks for fatigue management.
  • Fizbi
    Fizbi Posts: 60 Member
    I did a 10 mile hike today. You bet I'm taking a day off tomorrow.
  • LeoT0917
    LeoT0917 Posts: 206 Member
    I almost always take at least one day off.
  • k8eekins
    k8eekins Posts: 2,264 Member
    crowleyed72 wrote: »
    Who takes a total Day fro cardio an weight training.

    I take 2 days off. One is solely for regenerative purposes ie sleeping in, sleeping throughout the day inc. full body massage or beauty course treatments. The other is when I attend to my homebound to do list for the week, running errands (inc. the farmers' market) organising my approaching work week's wardrobe (x2) and possibly an outing - time permitting, which is rare.
  • kwtilbury
    kwtilbury Posts: 1,234 Member
    I lift usually lift six days a week and do some type of cardio/high intensity training four days a week. Three days are lift-only, one day is cardio-only and three are combined. I'll occasionally take a day off for a full day of travel and/or if I'm traveling with a large group.
  • Becca_250
    Becca_250 Posts: 188 Member
    I usually have two rest days a week but this still includes 3+ miles of reasonably slow walking (not breaking a sweat). Sometimes I will have more though if I am feeling unwell or injured or too busy at work, I try to listen to my body as much as I can (my physical body and not my lazy mind which would quite happily sit on the couch all day every day!).
  • sarraheclark
    sarraheclark Posts: 125 Member
    For me: 3 days of workout (alternating cardio and strength) followed by one day off. This keeps me active 5 days per week and I still feel like my body has an opportunity to recover.
  • cronus70
    cronus70 Posts: 191 Member
    Sundays is ALWAYS my total day off from ANY training. Aside from that I tend to have three days on, one day off, some weeks that means 5 days training and 2 days off with the midweek day off just a bit of cardio/core and some weeks (like last week) are only 4 days on with 3days off, with the non Sunday days off being light cardio/core. Hope that makes sense
  • trigden1991
    trigden1991 Posts: 4,658 Member
    cheldadex wrote: »
    Everyone including pro athletes

    A massive generalisation.

    I for one don't.....

    I have days where I don't lift weights but I do some form of activity or cardio everday.
  • not_a_runner
    not_a_runner Posts: 1,343 Member
    I take 3 days off.
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    Very rarely take a rest day - mostly when I can't make the time to exercise rather than through choice.

    I mostly alternate my cardio and strength training and my training is at varied intensity levels all the way from active recovery to maximal effort.
  • deannalfisher
    deannalfisher Posts: 5,600 Member
    I take at least a full day a week (not including the 10k steps I walk in a normal work day) and then at least 1 of just light workout (maybe swim with no hard intervals) or yoga - I've found that I recover better doing this and having better training overall
  • BeeerRunner
    BeeerRunner Posts: 728 Member
    I'm a long distance runner. I run 5 days a week, do 1 cross training day, do strength training 2x a week, and have 1 rest day. On my rest day, I at most do yoga or walk my dog, but usually, I do nothing that day.
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