The Importance of Rest Days

If you do a full body workout 3 days a week, what do you do on the other four days?

Depends how sore you are. Sleep is the best recovery

Umm rest doing nothing isn't as bad as this guy makes it out to be. It CAN be but you still need some rest...you will realize this when you sit down. For 2 seconds and start falling asleep on the spot like a old man.

Especially if you have a physical job as is. It's also mentally healthy to have other hobbies and interests !

I really needed to hear this.

Such a good advice. I never thought about that however I experience exactly as they said. when I 'm active my body recovers better. Thanks for this video.

I love this advice I found the answers I was looking for in this video thanks 🙏🏾

iend of mine trains hard 1 day a week and rest 6 days he is getting massive results

Thank you again MAPS. I am doing three day a week full body workout, does this mean then I can do tricep and bicep work on rest days? Any advice from you would be helpful

So what will happen if a person does High intensity training and then takes days for resting. Will it not increase his or her strength, what is the difference between this type of person and the one who trains with moderate intensity but trains every single day. You see I train like the first one even though I have tried working out next day but it hurted so much. I have just started doing a pull up even though I couldn't do a single rep of it I tried to do it again and again but now my arms hurt.

i think two stupit siting on cheir and advice people about workout put your mice away its ganna go to your mouth

Bro sounds like Nogla doing an American accent

meh... nothing like a rest day or two to let your aches heal up and come back to the gym with hunger and drive. And no a rest day doesnt mean sit around and do nothing. Ill typically go for an hour walk.

I'm currently lifting 4 days a week, climbing 2 days, cycling 1 day. I'm not sure if it's too much or not but I'm going to keep going anyway and see how it goes. I may change it to only lifting 3 days.

None of these guys are that fit lol

Awesome video!! Answered my question and gave me new insights. Thanks Guys. Definitely will watch more.

Resting has its own benefits... tendons and ligaments wont repair if stressed continously

Absolutely not necessary to have a rest day. A lot of d1 college sports don’t have rest time. They peak their volume before season starts, then lower volume and taper as they get closer to season.

When I was in my 20's, I lifted twice a day 6 days a week. When I was in my 30's, I Iifted once a day 6 days a week. Now I'm 40 and I can only lift 3 days a week. As you age, rest becomes more crucial for recovery. Thats why you don't see many pro athletes playing at the highest level in their late 30's. Can't beat biology. Then you see guys like Hugh Jackman and The Rock getting better and better in their 40's and 50's and claim to be natural.....

On the same token. I work at my job and second job 7 days a week. My weekend job is light and chill. People give me a weird look when I tell them it makes mondays easier. Since I don’t shut down for a weekend . I don’t get the Monday blues. I just chug along and work everyday but not feel exhausted. Same concept I guess. Taking 2 days off makes the Monday gym harder to get to but if you never took a day off it’s just another day. Obviously with varying intensity

What is typical a "moderate" workout? 5-6 exercises 3 x 6?

I overkilled myself eight straight days, I’m resting with great regret.

There is WAY more to life than lifting weights . Please incorporate rest days! Building muscle is about exercise , diet , and rest ! I am so against lifting weights more than5 days a week.

As long as you get 4-5 days a week train right eat clean and your consistent. That’s more than enough to see big changes over time. You grow on your rest days the days you recover don’t forget that.

I always feel bad when I skip a day of working out, so I try to change my exercices and the intensity. My body recovers when I'm sleeping 😂

I take a complete rest day once a week from the gym mostly for a mental break. I've gone a month straight with no rest days, and I just get sick of the entire thing.

Nah you need the rest days tho!

If someone recovers faster than most people. Do they have better fitness genetics or higher hormones that help with their recovery?? 🧐

Just maintain proper food intake to avoid sore muscles

The real difficulty is to actually do nothing for a day or two after working out hard for the entire week. Especially when you got home eqipment.

Full body workout with 32+ hrs rest =
Monday morning ~ full body workout, Tuesday evening ~ full body workout, Wednesday ~ rest day (2 hour walk),
Thursday morning ~ full body workout, Friday evening ~ full body workout,
Saturday ~ rest day (out and about with family and friends)
Sunday ~ rest day (2 hour walk)

i consider hiking playing with your kids as rest days. if your not in the gym its a rest day. imo

Lifting weights is so easy. That’s why you don’t need a rest day

For powerlifters and strength athlete,rest is very important,for great lift you need great sleep

I do double workouts a day (endurance training either running or cycling in the AM) then later in the day I do strength training (MAPS Aesthetics). I'm 46, an advanced lifter and endurance athlete (15+ years of consistent training). I rarely program a full day 'off' unless my mind/body tells me to back off for the day. That rest day always consists of 30mins in the sauna, foam rolling, stretching and a 30-45mins walk to get the blood flowing in the legs. I keep calories just as high as other days as well. This is what has worked for me.

One question. Who actually lays in bed all day on a rest day? That's ridiculous. Just go about your day like normal and get the blood flowing. But don't workout.

Lemme share my workout sched mate, feel free to revise it ma guy.

1st week - Lower Muscular Workout

2nd week- Upper Muscular Workout

3rd Week - Leg Workout + Cardio

4th Week (6 days) - Cheat and break day

4th Week (1 day) - Rapid All-Day Workout (A test where if my workout has improved my body with a passing rep marks per muscular parts)

Oh thank god bro I can’t have a good day if I’m not working out

This was very helpful. I thought it was necessary to have rest days. I was resting on days I definitely had the energy to get a workout. Let me get up and put my sneakers on lol.

Where is this rest muscle located and how do I pump it up?

I workout every time I go outside

When I was younger, I could build good muscle on two days a week. I miss those days.

Hiking is a great rest day activity

I train like 7 days a week with about 20 min cardio. But i always go to failure in some sets.
Is that bad?
But now i need 1 day off 😅

No you need rest, this guy is just addicted to it

I got through my 270 bench plataeu by taking 4 days rest from bench pressing.

tnx bro i was realy woried

I love going to the gym everyday i hate taking rest days since it feels like i’m not giving it my all

I just turned 50. I work out every day on a 4 day split
Legs
Shoulders
Arms
Back Chest (maintenance only)
Rinse n Repeat

I train hard most days and very hard some days and moderate hard a few days.. Ussually stay in 70-90% intensity.

I listen to my body. If I need a rest day I will take a day off.
I walk 30 min per day also. This works for me. Sometimes I will workout 4 days or 3 days a week for a while like a couple months and then come back to 7 days.

Everything works as long as you listen to your body. Train hard and enjoy honestly the chances of overtraining are very slim and most people just use this as an excuse

Absolutely 💯 I dedicated 1 hr every AM and do a workout. I honestly feel gulity of taking a rest day bc it's my routine where I am feeling best. Today I took a day off and I'll be active but still feel bad about not working out! 😕

Most people in the comments are missing the key spectrum of this interview