Recovery week - what do you all do?

2»

Replies

  • FemmeAndi
    FemmeAndi Posts: 107 Member
    SezxyStef wrote: »
    I follow a protocol that has me deloading every 4 weeks...

    so I am lifting less than normal but still working out.

    and I continue with most of my other activities like running etc.

    Active rest days are days where you are exercising but not pushing hard...for example...going for a walk instead of a run....going for a casual bike ride.

    Yes I think the recovery week seems to float more around exercises that seem to be more on the muscle building side. I see that cardio based exercises don`t seem to need a break and people who are doing more weight training seem more familiar with a recovery week.

    So , after reading comments, I`ve done two insanity max 30 workouts this week and I`ll fit a nice long stretch session in on saturday and then Monday! P90x3 here we go!
  • FemmeAndi
    FemmeAndi Posts: 107 Member
    edited September 2017
    :)
  • FemmeAndi
    FemmeAndi Posts: 107 Member
    lporter229 wrote: »
    My recovery weeks consist of doing anything I feel like doing and nothing I don't. After a particular rigorous training cycle, which for me usually end in running a marathon or an all out race, I welcome a week of rest for both my body and my mind. I usually aim at focusing on repairing whatever feels broken. Following a big race, I usually take a few days where walking and light yoga are my only exercises, then I work up to short to medium distance runs without my Garmin. It helps me to remember why I love to run in the first place. Sometimes intense training programs can make us lose sight of that.

    I love this! This is what I did today too. I didn`t wear my Heart rate monitor. I did it just for fun and not results driven.

  • tigerblood6
    tigerblood6 Posts: 65 Member
    week?
    why not days
  • FemmeAndi
    FemmeAndi Posts: 107 Member
    My results from my Recovery week.

    I still did 3 workout sessions but they were the ones I found the funnest and I didn`t track my calories. Really was a nice break on the mind.

    Listen to this!!! I dropped an extra 1.5 cms around my waist! I was shocked! I was like.. woahhh my waist looks tinier or something. Sooooo i got out the measuring tape and TA-DA! I also stepped on the scale and I dropped 1 more pound! hehe (weight doesn`t matter I know, i know, but anyhow it happened).

    This week I started (On saturday) p90x3. And I feel like I have new motivation all over again!

    So if you wanna take a week break, it really doesn`t harm you. :) Speaking from my experience anyhow.
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    tigerblood6 wrote: »
    week?
    why not days

    because sometimes an entire week off is a good physical and mental break. I take 2 recovery weeks a year usually...full weeks where I don't workout except walk and don't count calories at all.

    Vacations are fun like that.
  • trigden1991
    trigden1991 Posts: 4,658 Member
    Deload week - Yes
    Recovery week - No
  • glassofroses
    glassofroses Posts: 653 Member
    I train in martial arts and the dojo is closed for a week three times a year (April, August and Christmas). I generally don't do much more than walk and stretch in those weeks because it gives my body, particularly my joints, time to recover. I find I'm always more loose/flexible after those weeks. I mean I could go for a run and do accessory work, and sometimes I do, but I don't cry about it if I don't. Training 7 hours a week, week in week out, engaging your whole body is hard going. I know for a lot of people it doesn't make sense to take a whole week but sometimes it's good for the soul to sit on the sofa with a book or a movie. Especially when training takes up all of that time normally. And you can appreciate training more when you go back to it. :smile:
  • bendyourkneekatie
    bendyourkneekatie Posts: 696 Member
    I take 3 days off after a marathon, and that features mostly hobbling around slowly getting my body back from its state of shock. Then seeing how quickly I can get back to my normal running routine...
This discussion has been closed.

Categories