day of rest?

Saturday is always my rest day, I still keep on my feet tho but I just don't do any actual focused workouts. I've been told its good to have a rest day so I just do it.

Yes, rest is important, even if you aren't sore. Your muscles need time to repair themselves, and if you don't allow this time, you will never see any gains in your performance and you be at an increased risk of injury. You won't feel sore after every run/workout, but eventually you will become fatigued and start to see a decline in your performance. If you are really active, allow at least one day a week where you do not do any running or strength training. I would say that any run would not count as rest, but a leisurely walk would and you can still burn some calories in the process.

I know exactly what you mean, i have been working for over 365 days in a row with heavy weight training and some high intensity cardio, today i am taking my first day off, so far it feels weird to not go.

rest days are important they help you recover some cns functions that are compromised from heavy and high intensity lifting or exercising.

Rest is a weapon.

To quote Krista Scott-Dixon of Stumptuous:

"You don’t really need to remember this; but what you do need to remember is that the building-up and recovering from trauma part happens between, not during workouts.

In other words, what you do outside the gym is as important as what you do inside.

In addition, the body is a system, not just a collection of unrelated parts. Stress on one part becomes stress felt all over. You know how you get a stomach upset when you’re nervous, or a headache after being tense? Same idea. The body operates as a dynamic system that responds to a stimulus holistically. In other words, all for one and one for all. If your body is not allowed sufficient time for repair and rebuilding, you will not recover and become stronger. You will be at risk for chronic injuries, minor (or major) illnesses, and eventually, overtraining."

"A beginner can make gains training as infrequently as twice weekly, with one set per exercise. Many elite trainers train nearly every day, or even twice a day. Most people fall somewhere in between that, opting to train with weights around 3-4 times weekly, for somewhere around 30-60 minutes.

A good rule to go by is that as frequency of workouts increases, the workload of each individual workout should decrease. So, if you train twice weekly, you can do a full body workout with fairly high intensity or a lot of volume. If you train 5-6 times weekly, you should have a shorter workout that may only consist of a few sets of a single lift. Or you need to rotate your exercises and the demands of each workout."

The full post is here http://www.stumptuous.com/sit-yo-*kitten*-down-the-importance-of-rest