Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 382, Messages: 54581

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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Resting Days

SandyQ
SandyQ
Posts: 84
Joined: 2003/01/11
Canada
2003/01/14, 09:09 AM
okay.........so I'm reading my Exercise Program and it says to have "rest days" in between working with weights. I'm usually in the gym 5-6 days/week. Does this mean I can still go in and do some cardio on my rest days?
sandysford
sandysford
Posts: 1,139
Joined: 2002/11/18
United States
2003/01/14, 10:47 AM
I found that rest days are very important as to not overtrain. This happened to me a week ago and I could not even finish my workout. Rest days are just what they say. Rest!!!!!! Take advantage of the rest days and don't get a burnout going!!!!!!! Instead of working out, take a walk in the park or a bubble bath.

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Philia2
Philia2
Posts: 4,078
Joined: 2001/10/19
France
2003/01/15, 01:31 AM
If you are in the gym 5-6 times a week then you'll definitely need one or two days of rest.

Use your rest days to work on your diet!! (o;

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