Has anyone NOT taken a break between Mesocycles??

[princessbear]

I'm just wondering if anyone didn't take more than a few days between Mesos?? I'm going into my 3rd week of Meso 1, and just found out I need ANOTHER shoulder surgery - this time the AC Joint. Oy!

Anyway - I want to get through at least Meso 2 before my surgery on 7/31 - and then I'm out of commission again for "real" workouts until about the end of October (double oy).

So ... has anyone NOT taken the full week off? I know it is the ideal thing to do ... but what are the cons of only taking, say, 3 days off before starting back up?

Thanks!!

 

[fox2star]

Hi,

I didn't take a break between Meso 1 and Meso 2 or between 2 & 3..I am starting my second week of Meso 3 Sunday..

 

[kerribilliot1]

I was wondering the same thing. I don't want to take a break between Meso 2 & 3. I took a week off between Meso 1 & 2, when I started back my joints killed me for a week. Meso 3 is going to be heavier weights too. I would like to just keep going. Any advice????????????

 

[poohpeggy]

I did not take any week off breaks. I did all the Meso's everyother day. I did not do more then 2 days of cardio a week. I rested in between Meso's days if needed. It worked fine for me. Peggy

 

[princessbear]

Thanks everyone for sharing your experiences. How do you all FEEL? Do you feel you getting good results? You don't feel like you are overtraining?

 

[fox2star]

Hi,

I do not feel like I am overtraining at all. I do the STS workouts on Sunday, Tue, and Wed, and on Mon, Thurs and Friday I do cardio. Rest on Saturday. I have done this for all Meso cycles. I too, was afraid to take the rest week in between Meso cycles, because I thought I would slack off or something...I felt good about doing the workouts and I didn;t want that to go away..

 

[petramom]

I finished STS a couple weeks ago, and never took the breaks between the mesos. I ended up with a few breaks here and there because of various life stuff - but never a full week (maybe 3 days). And no, I didn't have any problems and yes, I think I got good results from the program. I just make sure I listen to my body and respond appropriately. If something is feeling funky, I take a break regardless of where I am in a rotation or whatever. And if I'm feeling good and going full-steam, I'm not going to break my momentum just because I have time off scheduled.

 

[TpaGirl]

I did the 3 month rotation the first time through, and I only took a break between meso 2 and 3. This time, I'm doing the 6 mos rotation, and I can't wait to get my recovery week in. I will be taking all of them this time.