TIME OFF FROM GYM (Your view)

[anabolic12]

I would like to get some view from people here in regards to time off from the gym – My routine for the past two years has been – Monday – Saturday (workout) Sunday (OFF w/ 1 hour of stretching). I will do this for 4 weeks then take one week off doing nothing but stretching and cardio for an hour a day. Then start the routine over changing up which body parts I work though out the week. I feel like this has provided me w/ maximum recovery time for my whole body on my weeks off.

While on a cycle, would anyone recommend this type of “time off”? Share your time off or comment

 

[joe d]

i would do it all the same way as i was before but up the protein and work harder. when you come off up the carbs

 

[the.gladiator1987]

Your cns still gets trained, its your muscles that recover faster. You can still overtrain while on, so yea take a week off. Doing that helps the body stay shocked and not getting used to your wrkouts so you can always make gains, never plateau.

Like joe said up the protein and work harder

 

[musketeer]

may be more beneficial to have a week of lighter days rather than a week off. If the usual workout is 5x5 maybe do 5 x 20 @ 40% 1RM. Or change the exercises from big free weight compound to pumping type exercises on machines. Or do an all body PHA style workout every day.

 

[ceo]

Between blasts of heavy lifting, I take a week off completely, then lift for a week or two at a little lower intensity (maybe 70% of the weight I was using for my workset), at a little higher volume (2 working sets (straight sets) instead of one heavy rest-paused working set), before beginning my next heavy lifting blast (which usually lasts for 6 weeks). I find it works quite well.

 

[needtogetaas]

Between blasts of heavy lifting, I take a week off completely, then lift for a week or two at a little lower intensity (maybe 70% of the weight I was using for my workset), at a little higher volume (2 working sets (straight sets) instead of one heavy rest-paused working set), before beginning my next heavy lifting blast (which usually lasts for 6 weeks). I find it works quite well.

Took the words our of my mouth. I do about the same. !week rest every few weeks. De load and start over.

I am about to start a new 5x5 monday. 15 weeks on this one.

 

[02gixxersix]

I take a week off when my body tells me to, I don't plan it. Sometimes during this week I will do very light high rep work but most of the time I take the week off completely, sometimes two weeks depending on how hard I have been going for how long.

 

[the.gladiator1987]

Better to take a week off and not overtrain. You will be able to listen to your body and know if you need time off.