Rest Week???

[jerume]

I have been training since the start of the year and train 3-4 days a week,and every 8-10 weeks i'll have a rest week for an entire week where I wont lift any weights or do cardio,even though my job is physical my body still gets decent rest. I was just wanting too know what other trainers do in regards to having a rest week?

[Shutupandsquat]

I have been training since the start of the year and train 3-4 days a week,and every 8-10 weeks i'll have a rest week for an entire week where I wont lift any weights or do cardio,even though my job is physical my body still gets decent rest. I was just wanting too know what other trainers do in regards to having a rest week?

If I ever have one it's roughly every 4 months due to illness or injury. I've found every time I've done it, I lose about half-1kg and then once I get back into it I put on a kg and a half. They're quite beneficial for the body and I'm not an expert, but I don't think you should be doing it so often.

[train hard]

yes sometimes you gota take 1 step back to move 2 steps forward if you get what i mean i will take a week off from serious training every say 3 months or 12 weeks and i always come back feeling recharged and hungry to smash it all over again.

[jerume]

Yeah ive had previous rotator cuff Problems and in the last week its been feeling a bit sore,and ive been really tired!so I looked at a few forums on bodybuilding.com and its quite common to have a rest week every few months. Dont know what im gonna do with all the spare time this week tho!

[Sifo-Dyas]

I have been training since the start of the year and train 3-4 days a week,and every 8-10 weeks i'll have a rest week for an entire week where I wont lift any weights or do cardio,even though my job is physical my body still gets decent rest. I was just wanting too know what other trainers do in regards to having a rest week?

This practice is very useful! Keep it up :nod:

[jerume]

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