One week off

[LasVegasFitGirl]

Anyone take a week off drom working out and do absolutely no exercise? I mean, no yoga, stretching or anything. I am coming off of STS meso 2 this week and am thinking of absolutely stopping all exercise for a week. I mean, I never stop. Not while on vacation, not during Christmas...

And, if you do, how often do you do it?

 

[JT]

The first time I did STS strength, I was not active on active recovery week. Listen to your body. When I was much younger, I rarely took time off from working out.
Friday, I am done with Meso cycle 1 am considering doing LIS.

 

[RapidBreath]

I don't usually schedule one. But, I do take them during the holidays or if I'm injured. I took one off when I had dental surgery and I don't think it hurt me at all (the skipped week, not the dental surgery, that did hurt

You may wish to really pamper yourself with plenty of baths and putting your feet up.

 

[Trixoo]

During the STS active recovery weeks, I don't do planned workouts. I use my free time to do stuff I never have time to do, which feels as good as working out. My body seems to enjoy the rest and I come back stronger than ever. I don't schedule rest weeks except when doing STS, and the first time it was super weird, but now I kid of look forward to it. My next rest week is in 2 weeks and I'm going to clean out and rearrange my kitchen cupboards. Woopie!

 

[ckanuckel]

I have done this where I've taken about 5 days off and don't do anything other than normal daily activity. I sometimes just feel totally burnout so this actually helps me get motivated and Im eager to start back up refreshed. Im pretty obsessive about working out so I do sometimes feel guilty when I do this but I can say it's never caused any set backs or strength loss. In my opinion is does the mind and body good. I dont have any set time I do it, I just let my body tell me when its time but I would say I prob only do it about a half doz times in a year. Hope this helps