Thread: Question on rest days

Originally Posted by Ogedi

I train pull push leg rest repeat and I have Soccer in the fall and wrestling in the winter. Two rest days of weights in a 8 day period is not having negatives on me. I keep getting stronger and since I took Built's advice (thanks btw) to increase calorie consumption I've been gaining a lot more mass. Yet more and more that I read from this site I keep hearing that you should have one rest day for every work out day. Is it my age, 17? Or something else? Should I add more rest days? Please elaborate

YOu will be fine. Just dont train everyday of the week. If you feel yourself feeling run down, then take a break.

You can do more when your younger I used to train 6 days per week sometimes twice per day , now I train 5 times, listen to your body if you still making progress carry on if not take a break

Why not try taking more rest days and see how that works? If you don't like it, go back to your normal routine. Nothing wrong with trying out new/different routines, it will increase your fitness knowledge. By trying out new things, you can determine what gives you the best results.

rest is subjective, you have to always take the intensity at which exercise is performed at. the human body is not designed to be sedentary that being the case you can exercise daily BUT you must vary the intensity of your exercise to prevent CNS burnout which is what ultimately causes over-training.

The increase in calories will help. Just keep an eye on your progress, and for the signs of over-reaching (general fatigue, lack of desire to workout, decreased appetite etc etc).

you deffo have more energy at your age, im 50 now and only train 3 days per week. in my early 20s it was 6. more food more rest equals more energy to train with.

I rest 3 days a week.