Today I want to talk about rest days. It's been a long week of really pushing hard and focusing on your workouts. Now, hopefully your calendar has 6 big X's across the days for workouts completed. What does that mean, it's your REST DAY!!
You should always take at least 1 day off during the week for your body to take time and recover. You want to go in strong for the next week to come, so relax and enjoy a day off. If you really feel the need to do a workout to stay focused and in your routine, do some stretching. Good examples of an easy stretch are: Slim Series or Slim Series Express - Cool if Off, Slim in 6- Slim and Limber.
I know at times we are all on fire. We can feel the burn and we are getting results, therefore we don't want to take a day off to lose that streak. No go, you must take that day off. It will be better for your body. You will notice that you will come back stronger after your rest day.
If you don't take that rest day you will lead into overtraining. We can go into overtraining at a later date, but if your body gets to that point, it will be put out of commission until it can recover. Therefore, we want to take care of our body and give it at least 1 day off.
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