04/11/2023
Benefits of a Rest Day🧘♀️🧘♂️
Contrary to the belief that rest days impede progress, they are crucial for preventing overtraining syndrome and promoting muscle growth. A well-planned rest day aids in reducing muscle soreness, preventing mental fatigue, and enhancing overall exercise performance.
When training, we cause micro damage to our muscle tissue and use up muscle energy stores, which can lead to overtraining. When we have a rest in between training programs, we get a chance to recover from the soreness, and our tissue repair and stock back up on much-needed energy for our next workout.
So instead of overdoing it, if you’re experiencing plateau, disinterest and fatigue, here’s what you can do instead:
Introduce a Deload Week to Your Training:
A programmed week where you lift with a lighter load, but to a similar intensity. This will help you consolidate your lifts while performing active recovery.
Split Up Your Routine: This will allow you to train on opposing muscles on back-to-back days, while your other muscles recover.
Schedule a Set Recovery Day: Plan weekly recovery sessions for yourself, such as massages, meditation, walks and downtime.
This will help you consolidate your lifts, repair and build stronger muscle tissue, and give you that much-needed break to regroup before hitting your next training block.
