Rest days
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ReneePruitt
Cathlete
I take one because im tryn to lose but i was doing one or two depending on how i felt, and how life goes, sometimes tjings happen and unplanned rest days happen i dont like that.
Fit_mommy
Cathlete
I try to take one once a week or at the very least, every 8-10 days. I don't always want to but I force myself because in the end, I know I'm better off. If I work out too many days in a row my body lets me know. 
Sometimes instead of taking a complete rest day I will just do yoga.
Sometimes instead of taking a complete rest day I will just do yoga.
katied
Cathlete
i take saturdays off as before i started working out with cathe, i have been practicing ashtanga yoga for several years, and you are taught in that system to practice asanas 6 days a week with saturdays off. i guess that has stuck with my cathe workouts, too, and i think it's a good thing. now that i am in my forties, i notice that i don't bounce back from injuries like i used to, so i think it is good to rest. that being said, i am more careful with what i eat on saturdays
lisa_la_machina
Cathlete
I workout 5-6 days a week. I always schedule 1 rest day, and it is usually Sundays since I am usually busy with church and family activities that day. I will take an additional day if I feel like I need it.
I used to hate taking rest days (I would feel lazy or guilty), but I just feel so much better when I have them. Now I am a big advocate for rest days! We get stronger when we give our bodies rest, because that's when it repairs and rebuilds itself. Plus, it's a good time to do a stretching DVD or some relaxing yoga that you wouldn't otherwise have time for.
Good luck figuring out what works for you!
I used to hate taking rest days (I would feel lazy or guilty), but I just feel so much better when I have them. Now I am a big advocate for rest days! We get stronger when we give our bodies rest, because that's when it repairs and rebuilds itself. Plus, it's a good time to do a stretching DVD or some relaxing yoga that you wouldn't otherwise have time for.
Good luck figuring out what works for you!
tralaiven
Cathlete
I work, have a family and workout. I would love to workout 6 days per week, but my busy life and my body just will not allow it. So I generally take off two days a week due to plain tiredness, or too busy. Last week, I only got in 4 days and that bugs me! Usually though, it is 5 days.
However, I am going to part-time at work (only 2 days a week--yay!) So I am hoping maybe I will regularly get 6 days in!
However, I am going to part-time at work (only 2 days a week--yay!) So I am hoping maybe I will regularly get 6 days in!
ReneePruitt
Cathlete
Ya for you! Im only three days a week now, i love it. I work mon tues and thur .. I take mon as a rest day. I had worked for three doctors in a busy dental office 10 hrs a day 5 days a week. Weekends id clean office and try to raise kids and exercise shew i could not do it. Now my kids are grown i am part time and i love it! You will to! Time to focus on health right! ?
tralaiven
Cathlete
wow how in the world did you work that much and exercise!!??? Glad you lived through it
to enjoy part time. Yes, I am soooo looking forward to being home more and just getting this house in order!
jengollf
Cathlete
I am really bad about taking rest days. I'm also really bad about doing nice long stretches/yoga. I decided that when I do the Xtrain rotation, I would take the rest day and if I want to do something, I would do yoga. Well, the first two weeks I was good. I took Sunday off and did yoga. Now I am feeling... restless. I feel like I am not getting enough cardio. So I have already redone my little calendar so I am working out 7 days a week again. So no more Sundays off.
So no more Sundays off.
For me is always Sundays off. However I am bad about taking some recovery weeks off from my workouts for when I'm feeling fatigue and overtrained. I took 3 weeks off not to long ago for the first time, although the time off felt great I did find myself still doing some power yoga and some low impact aurobics.
mini-natty
Cathlete
For my rest days, I don't ever really "rest". I won't exercise to a video, instead I will walk. I find this type of "rest day" a lot better for the body than actually sitting and lying around doing nothing. I personally believe the body needs to stay in motion. But yeah, there is always 1-2X/week that I lay off the weights and cardio.
I *try* to do yoga 1X/week, but with Xtrain I've been so excited to test out the new vids that I'm slacking.
Natasha
I *try* to do yoga 1X/week, but with Xtrain I've been so excited to test out the new vids that I'm slacking
.Natasha
ReneePruitt
Cathlete
wow how in the world did you work that much and exercise!!??? Glad you lived through it
Well like i saos barley i did it for a while by getting up at 4 then i got so feed up some days.. I did end up about 5 or 6 yrs ago thinking y am i doing this, and slowed down but gained weight and stopped. Burn out. Now i have more time and tryn to get back to where i was.
jrichards111
Cathlete
I have one rest day per week. I try to do some stretching when I'm not working out.
Here is a good article about when to take a off day from Bodybuilding.com. This is outside of the planned rest day.
Justina
Here is a good article about when to take a off day from Bodybuilding.com. This is outside of the planned rest day.
Justina
mrsprincess07
Cathlete
On average, 3 rest days.
It's not about quantity, it's about quality. I never took rest days until a couple of years ago. Now that I take them, and several per week, my energy has jumped through the roof, I have less fibro flares, less colds, less injuries, and my moods are much more stable. I love me some rest days- LOVE THEM!!!!
I used to work out 5-6 days a week but for the past year I can't seem to get more than 5 days a week in. That's okay, though. Two rest days a week for me. I actually workout pretty hard on Sundays since I have all the time in the world to work out, and then I take Monday off. That is my scheduled rest day and then the other one usually happens on Friday or Saturday depending on what my schedule is.
jengollf
Cathlete
I'm the exact opposite. Now that I exercise every day and take 1 or 0 rest days--I am never sick, I rarely injure myself and when I do it's a pulled muscle that heals quickly because I modify for it. I am more energetic and in a better mood on days I work out than days that I don't--in fact, when I do take a rest day, I feel more sluggish. And the only aches and pains I ever have are DOMS!