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How much rest do you embed into your weekly workout routines?
Posted on 9/21/25 at 9:32 am
Posted on 9/21/25 at 9:32 am
Which / how many days?
This post was edited on 9/21/25 at 9:32 am
Posted on 9/21/25 at 9:54 am to Artificial Ignorance
I run a back to back PPL split most weeks with 1 “rest” day. I have an early Monday morning work meeting so use that day as a “rest” day, although instead of taking off entirely, I just run a high zone 4-5 treadmill session for ~1 hr. Usually, I strength training for 60-90 minutes followed by 60 minutes of treadmill 6 days a week (PPL/PPL Tuesday-Sunday). I’m technically only “resting” from strength training on Mondays, but it still helps with overall fatigue and the PPL allows enough rest between muscle groups so as not to overwhelm the whole system. I’ll occasionally have a really heavy squat/deadlift leg day that has me doing a lower intensity 2nd leg day of the week, but I typically don’t rest that much.
40yo in December.
40yo in December.
Posted on 9/21/25 at 1:57 pm to Artificial Ignorance
All my muscle groups get hit once a week. Still getting sore after years of lifting so I love it
Posted on 9/21/25 at 4:35 pm to Artificial Ignorance
2, Saturday and Sunday. Dynamic effort bench (all days with accessory work), Max effort box squat, ME bench, DE Squat/DL. One of the five weekdays is usually crushed with meetings, so it ends up being a flexibility/stretch day in the middle in a shorter than usual workout. If it's not, I'll do throw in a day of Olympic lifts just for a change of pace.
Posted on 9/21/25 at 6:00 pm to Artificial Ignorance
They say you grow during rest so I rest at least a month between workouts. I have really grown.
Posted on 9/21/25 at 6:59 pm to Artificial Ignorance
Just depends on my schedule and motivation. Sometimes I get in three full body workouts a week, sometimes one. Occasionally I miss a week. I average about twice a week when it's all said and done. Same with rowing on the concept 2. I'm in no danger of overtraining so I don't really track it.
Posted on 9/22/25 at 8:59 am to Artificial Ignorance
1 true rest day - Sunday
M/W/F - Lift
Monday - Chest
Wednesday - Back
Friday - Legs
M/T/W/Th/Sa - Run
Monday - 20% of weekly long run
Tuesday - Normal run
Wednesday - Pace run
Thursday - Normal run
Saturday - Long run
M/W/F - Lift
Monday - Chest
Wednesday - Back
Friday - Legs
M/T/W/Th/Sa - Run
Monday - 20% of weekly long run
Tuesday - Normal run
Wednesday - Pace run
Thursday - Normal run
Saturday - Long run
Posted on 9/22/25 at 9:31 am to Artificial Ignorance
I lift weights 3 to 4 days per week. Active recovery on the rest. I run 3 to 5 days per week and on the rest I do low impact exercising like cycling or walking.
Posted on 9/22/25 at 10:58 am to Artificial Ignorance
Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday are my non-lifting days but I still walk every day.
Posted on 9/22/25 at 2:00 pm to Artificial Ignorance
Rest and recovery are vastly undertracked and not understood properly. A genetic/epigentic test can reveal if you are a relatively "quick" or "slow" recoverer...and it can make all the difference in the world.
If you are a slow recovery person hitting it hard many days per week, you might be hampering your gains (a lot).
If you are a slow recovery person hitting it hard many days per week, you might be hampering your gains (a lot).
Posted on 9/22/25 at 4:19 pm to Artificial Ignorance
Over 50, old man gray pubes wendler 531
2x days lifting
3x days conditioning
Do bodyweight push / pull on conditioning days
2x days rest - walk or hike
2x days lifting
3x days conditioning
Do bodyweight push / pull on conditioning days
2x days rest - walk or hike
This post was edited on 9/22/25 at 4:26 pm
Posted on 9/23/25 at 1:51 pm to TigerReich
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I strength training for 60-90 minutes followed by 60 minutes of treadmill 6 days a week
You workout/exercise ~15 hours a week???
Do you have kids?
Do you have any other hobbies?
Are you trying to compete for something?
Posted on 9/23/25 at 4:02 pm to Artificial Ignorance
Push/Legs/Pull then rest two days then repeat.
Posted on 9/24/25 at 9:05 am to Artificial Ignorance
Monday push weight lifting day
Tuesday hour bike ride
Wednesday rest
Thursday pull weight lifting day
Saturday hour mountain bike ride (HIIT)
Sunday hour mountain bike ride (HIIT)
I end up missing one of those bike days quite a bit though. That gives me 5-6.5 hours a week of exercise.
Tuesday hour bike ride
Wednesday rest
Thursday pull weight lifting day
Saturday hour mountain bike ride (HIIT)
Sunday hour mountain bike ride (HIIT)
I end up missing one of those bike days quite a bit though. That gives me 5-6.5 hours a week of exercise.
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