REST DAYS

daz60
daz60 Posts: 22
in Fitness and Exercise
Who has rest days? if so how many a week? and do you feel better after it?....i myself have 2 rest days a week and feel better, i think its important to give the legs, arms and everything a proper rest even tho my mind is screaming exercise! exercise! exercise! every day or you wont lose weight lol.
What are your views on this.

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  • mrsnathanandrew
    mrsnathanandrew Posts: 631 Member
    I take 1 a day. Workout Sunday-Friday. I wish I could go every day, but I know that's not good for you, as your body does need rest.
  • TamaraHaase
    TamaraHaase Posts: 39 Member
    I take off Wednesday and Sunday, and it is amazing how much it helps.
  • itgeekwoman
    itgeekwoman Posts: 804 Member
    I have 3 days a week rest. My workouts are typically 1 hour of intense supersets. I workout Monday and take Tue and Wed off to repair work out Thursday, repair Friday and workout Sat. I do my cardio and cycling on Sunday.

    I also eat quite differently on the repair days with more fruit and peppers and foods that will assist with muscle repair.

    I used to work out 6 days a week sometimes 2 times a day. I wasn't losing weight or many inches. I started taking days off and since them I'm down 17lbs.
  • katejenkins1
    katejenkins1 Posts: 210 Member
    I have 1-2 rest days, depending on the week. I feel so much better, even though a little guilty.
    My thought on this is, I am changing how I run my life, food, exercise, taking 'time-outs" (for mental strength)
    I don't want to gain any of the weight back so I plan my meals and exercise in a way that I will be able to continue it. Too extreme on either side and I would burn out.
  • indiralaksmi
    indiralaksmi Posts: 11
    my official rest day is Thursday. But I often take another one when I dont feel like to exercise or sick or just too tired.
  • islaybower
    islaybower Posts: 57
    I have at least one rest day a week (I'll usually go for a walk or something, but only a leisurely one with my kids) and I always notice a slight improvement in my cardio and strength on my first day back after resting compared to my sixth day of exercising.

    Some weeks I take two rest days, if I've really pushed myself (e.g. worked out twice a day for a few days).

    I hate not having exercise calories to eat though - my appetite is enormous at all times!
  • Nikiki
    Nikiki Posts: 993
    I take 1 day at least, sometimes more depending on how I'm feeling. And I agree, I think its vital to let your body repair itself. My husband does intense lifting and he takes 1 day off a week and then about every 4-5 weeks he'll take a full week off just doing some walking.
  • daz60
    daz60 Posts: 22
    That's interesting you saying about what you use to do as i have had a similar experience. 1 week i worked out loads and ate reasonably well and lost nothing! then the following week i worked out less and ate the same and lost 2.5lbs! so overdoing it aint the right way to go.
  • prism6
    prism6 Posts: 484 Member
    I guess I don't do rest days,but there are days,like today when it isn't the gym ,but a day of meandering instead..
  • runnercheryl
    runnercheryl Posts: 1,314 Member
    One day, at least. Sunday is my dedicated rest day, and I rest on other days only if I don't have time to work out. I hate resting when it's happening - I feel lazy and 'heavy' - but it's necessary and I do savour the fact I can lie on the sofa a bit more and avoid going out if the weather's not great.
  • harlanJEN
    harlanJEN Posts: 1,089 Member
    2 rest days ... Sat and Sunday. I may take a walk ...but that's it. Just a strolling walk, not a WALK walk ......
  • HeatherR930
    HeatherR930 Posts: 214 Member
    I take one rest day. It is usually Sunday, but if I take a different day off during the week because something has come up or I'm just not feeling well, then I make it up on Sunday. However, on my rest day, I do take a short walk with my family or take my son to the park. I try to do some type of activity everyday, even if I don't do an intentional workout!
  • KazzaLee13
    KazzaLee13 Posts: 46
    I don't plan rest days. I workout every day if I can and my rest days happen if my body's really sore from my last workout but even those days I try to do a little something with the parts that are not aching. And if I don't have any then it's a proper full rest day and it probably happens once a week or once in two weeks.
    I try to alternate the parts of my body I'm working on so that they get a rest the next day when I'm working on the other parts.
  • MissMisery1313
    MissMisery1313 Posts: 119
    Wednesdays I'll do a just short yoga workout
    Saturday is my total rest day
  • lrcross
    lrcross Posts: 42
    I am two weeks in and I took this past Thursday "off". I still walked a moderate paced mile mid-day, but did not do my rigorous swimming. I still lost a pound, yet felt rested for the next day.
  • Helloitsdan
    Helloitsdan Posts: 5,564 Member
    I only lift 3 times a week so....4 rest days.
    I lose 1% body fat per month while my lifts get heavier and heavier.
  • Mogwai1985
    Mogwai1985 Posts: 31
    Your body needs rest days in order to recover. If you do too much you can risk hurting yourself. Your body needs time to repair muscles. When I was lifting weights I gave myself two rest days from training. I would still walk a little bit but at a slower pace.
  • mmapags
    mmapags Posts: 8,934 Member
    My workouts are fairly high intensity with lifting, HIIT and biking. I do every other day so every other day is a rest day. Like Dan, I am dropping about 1% per month in BF. I am also 61 in 10 days so I'm guessing that might be a slight factor.

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