Exercising 7 days a week?

No, but I'm old-ish, so I never exercise 7 days a week. I always take 1-3 days off, sometimes 4 depending on the week. I don't feel guilty about it, but I don't have all those extra yummy calories to eat either... so I have to go without stuff when I don't exercise. That's why I run... for the food!!! LOL!

I go through this all the time...sometimes months go by where I never take a day off! But it is super important to take ATLEAST one day off a week. You build muscle at rest! Just remember, taking a day off will make your next workout that much better! Never feel guilty to take rest, we all need it.

Yes, in the past I would workout 7 days a week and ended up burning out and stopped working out completely! Let me tell you it was super hard getting back on track!

I would say take at least one or two days off per week... Your body is telling you to slow down and give it some rest. If you really feel you need to do something, how about going out for a nice walk?!

I completely relate! Once you get on a pattern it feels so great and you dont want to stop and you think if you do stop you will ruin everything you have done but really its the complete opposite. The one thing I learned the hard way is you have to rest , its counterproductive in so many ways if you don't. I work out with a lot of serious athletes and I don't know a single one that doesn't at least take one day off to let your body recover. It will pay off in the end! There is no reason to feel guilty for taking a day off , seriously you should thank yourself , your body certainly will and you will have more energy for the coming workouts making them more beneficial! Hope this helps. Congrats on being so motivated!

I used to do it. I did it for a good 6 months. I did lose the weight but I'd get extremely pale and a couple of times I fainted.
Honestly, you need to get it in your mind that your body can only do so much. You need to rest and let it regenerate.

I also noticed that heavy exercise like that for me caused me to hit a bad plateau. I was in it for about a month and then when I rested and ate MUCH more I started to lose weight again.
Personally, from experience, I would recommend you to take a couple of days off and really eat healthy foods. A wide variety of nutrients so your body can recover from the extensive and intensive exercise you have had your body endure.

Just rest up, you might feel guilty but just remember that your body will have terrible problems later if you keep it up . I ended up spraining my ankle, had and still do have back problems, hip problems.

I won't tell you that all these came from extensive exercise but I'm pretty sure it did. I'm not saying it might or will happen to you but I know that it happened to me.

Just be careful and let your body rest up, if you don't let it rest you might be doing much more bad than good.

Good luck!

I was doing the same thing and just experienced my crash. I gotta really sick and had no energy. I just started back after 3 days rest. I feel much better now and stronger.

I exercise 7 days a week but some days are light exercise - Leslie Sansone DVD or dog pace (20 min mile) walk. My other days are more intense exercise. It works for me and I haven't gotten burned out. I generally run 3x/wk and bike 3x/wk plus another 30 min of low impact aerobics in the evening. 2x/wk light weight training in with low impact aerobics. The 7th day of the week is some type of cardio such as Zumba, step aerobics, etc. I hope you find what works best for you...

You don't HAVE to take a day off, but you have to be aware that the body needs recovery. The recovery can be active however--it doesn't have to be complete rest.

If you work out 7 days a week, it is pretty certain that you will occasionally get into a state of overtraining. At that point you need to stop, sometimes for 2-3 full days and then take a couple of days ramping back up again. It can be managed, but you have to use your head.

Nice, couldn't have said it any better. You can manage a 7-day split pretty easily but you have manage your days right. For instance, not everyday should be high-intensity.

On days where you do weight training keep the cardio low-intensity and on no weight training days try more intensity. Also find a day or two that are completely low-intensity. Doesn't always have to be balls-to-the-walls and sometimes less is more.

i guess you have to make a choice, take a break and feel guilty (i can't imagine why if you take the weekend off you should feel guilty, but anyway). or burn out.

It's worth having a rest, letting your body recover.

perhaps when you have a couple of days off, go and have a massage and a spa or something, then you are doing something that is good for your back, legs, arms, shoulders, great for recovering and recouping... so you are still doing something good for you. or do a beginners yoga class and some mediation, it's all good for you without having to be so physically draining.