lifters- off days

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Jersey_Devil
Jersey_Devil Posts: 4,142 Member
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lifters- on your off days, do you do any exercise at all? any cardio? or just rest and thats it. thanks.

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  • dinosnopro
    dinosnopro Posts: 2,179 Member
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    I pretty much just rest. I don't like cardio that much.
  • Quickster34
    Quickster34 Posts: 209 Member
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    I do cardio on 2 of my 3 rest days for the week, and the third i do nothing just rest
  • Abells
    Abells Posts: 756 Member
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    IF i rest :)

    I go for a run...outside, play some beats
    Or I go hiking
  • JustJennie1
    JustJennie1 Posts: 3,843 Member
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    My "days off" are just days off from the gym and even then I will do some form of cardio which tends to be 2 brisk walks and a run.
  • bizco
    bizco Posts: 1,949 Member
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    I do cardio on most off days. At least 30 minutes usually 3-4 times per week. I lift heavy weights 3x per week.
  • kdiamond
    kdiamond Posts: 3,329 Member
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    I lift 3-4 times a week, do HIIT 1-2x a week and rest 1-2 days.
  • callikia
    callikia Posts: 226 Member
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    I get at least one solid rest day a week. Even if I'm doing something active outside with the kids that day, I don't think of it as exercise and don't count it that way. I need a day off to breathe/live/relax without the pressure...and my muscles surely enjoy the time off as well so they can heal.
  • petreebird
    petreebird Posts: 344 Member
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    My schedule,I do HIIT after I lift 3-4 days and I rest on my days off.
  • spartacus69
    spartacus69 Posts: 235
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    3 days lifting
    1 day kickboxing
    1-2 days light cardio - cycling or rowing
  • 84jeepster
    84jeepster Posts: 198 Member
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    I am still losing fat til mid May and then switching to a muscle gain phase. Here is my plan, the weights are on days 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6. I plan to do short 1-2 mile warmup runs prior to weights, rest on Day 3 and then a longer 8+ mile run on Day 7.
  • engineman312
    engineman312 Posts: 3,450 Member
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    if you are looking for an "active" rest day, try something like swimming or yoga.
  • UponThisRock
    UponThisRock Posts: 4,522 Member
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    My schedule,I do HIIT after I lift 3-4 days and I rest on my days off.

    wow, that's a lot
  • joejccva71
    joejccva71 Posts: 2,985 Member
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    On the program I'm on, I do 20 min cardio on my off days. I'm really not a cardio guy though.
  • adamb83
    adamb83 Posts: 719 Member
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    I lift 4 days per week and do cardio 2 days per week (at least).

    1 day reserved for total rest (unless I do something random, like hiking or playing a sport, which turns out to be 'exercise').
  • petreebird
    petreebird Posts: 344 Member
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    My schedule,I do HIIT after I lift 3-4 days and I rest on my days off.

    wow, that's a lot

    Noooo. I lift for 30 to 45 min's then do 6 to 10 intervals of HIIT on the Arc trainer (love the arc because I can turn up the crossramp and resistance both as high as they go and that's hard for me...anyway), so that's what... 8 mins to 15 mins of HIIT at a 30/30 or a 30/60, depending on my energy that day. Then I'll do 20 minutes or so of running slowly 6.2 mph or continue on the Arc for 20 mins. Then cool down.

    Is that a lot? I didn't think it was????
  • js370
    js370 Posts: 140
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    I pretty much just rest. I don't like cardio that much.

    ...same here

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