Weekly Rest Days

shoelover78
shoelover78 Posts: 31
edited October 6 in Fitness and Exercise
Do you think it is necessary to have a rest day every week? Some weeks I don't feel like I need a day off and others I need at least 2 days off.

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  • JennieAL
    JennieAL Posts: 1,726 Member
    I don't think it's necessary.... better to pay attention to how you feel, my opinion. Same with eating, to a point. Some days I'm just not hungry when I wake up... so I IF (intermittent fast). Your body doesn't run based on "numbers" like we think in our minds, it's more complicated than that... so I say do what it's telling you to do!
  • hannahbellelechter
    hannahbellelechter Posts: 79
    Of course you need rest days. Helps your body to recuperate and also helps to resist plateaus... that's in my experience at least.
  • Cooriander
    Cooriander Posts: 2,848 Member
    No it is not necessary. You can take 'easy' days instead of rest days.
  • cmoe25027
    cmoe25027 Posts: 26 Member
    Depends on the activity. If I am strength training and don't feel like I need a rest day than I am not pushing myself as hard as I should. On the same note, all of the muscle building takes place during rest periods, not during workouts.

    Cheers,
    Collin
  • brittanidigby
    brittanidigby Posts: 247 Member
    I used to work out 7 days a week but my hubby had a trainer for a bit and he said I should have at least one day a week because I need to rest my muscles. It was hard to do but now I always have Wednesday off. :)
  • shoelover78
    shoelover78 Posts: 31
    Thanks everyone! I know it's important to have rest days but just wasn't sure how often I should!
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