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What Day Is Your Scheduled Rest Day?
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 2009-12-21 6:44 PM |
Veteran 97 |  Subject: What Day Is Your Scheduled Rest Day?I generally train 6 days per week, which day would you schedule in as your rest day? I'm contemplating whether I should make it Monday (after long workouts in the weekends) or on Wednesday (as a mid-week break). I train 9-10 times per week, all swim bike and run workouts. I don't mind if you train 7 or 5 days per week, just put yourself in my situation. |
| 2009-12-21 8:26 PM in reply to: #2571977 |
Coach 10487   Boston, MA | Subject: RE: What Day Is Your Scheduled Rest Day? you left out the option: "I don't have a scheduled rest day"... |
| 2009-12-21 8:32 PM in reply to: #2572110 |
Pro 4054 yep, | Subject: RE: What Day Is Your Scheduled Rest Day? JorgeM - 2009-12-21 9:26 PM you left out the option: "I don't have a scheduled rest day"...
I guess some of us aren't as cool as you Jorge |
| 2009-12-21 8:35 PM in reply to: #2571977 |
Extreme Veteran 547 Canyon Hills (Lake Elsinore), CA | Subject: RE: What Day Is Your Scheduled Rest Day? I have a job, wife and 2 kids under 5 so Sunday is my "scheduled" day off but due to life happening that only works about 50% of the time. |
| 2009-12-21 8:35 PM in reply to: #2572126 |
Champion 5522 Frisco, TX | Subject: RE: What Day Is Your Scheduled Rest Day? Dlaxman31 - 2009-12-21 8:32 PM JorgeM - 2009-12-21 9:26 PM you left out the option: "I don't have a scheduled rest day"...
I guess some of us aren't as cool as you Jorge I don't think he said that he didn't take rest days, just that they are not scheduled... I tend to fill up the calendar and when I feel I need a break, I take the day off... |
| 2009-12-21 8:51 PM in reply to: #2572110 |
Master 2125 | Subject: RE: What Day Is Your Scheduled Rest Day? JorgeM - 2009-12-21 9:26 PM you left out the option: "I don't have a scheduled rest day"... Ditto. Mondays and Fridays tend to be easier and lighter; the only off days are days where work and life get in the way of training. |
| 2009-12-21 8:53 PM in reply to: #2571977 |
Master 1572 PA | Subject: RE: What Day Is Your Scheduled Rest Day? I think Monday is my active recovery day, which is typically better for me than a do nothing rest day. Rest days themselves are not planned b/c life will plan them for me. I get tied up at work, with family stuff, pool is unexpectedly closed, etc. and a scheduled training day became a rest day just b/c life happened and I lost my workout time. |
| 2009-12-21 9:03 PM in reply to: #2572170 |
| Veteran 97 | Subject: RE: What Day Is Your Scheduled Rest Day? gopennstate - 2009-12-21 8:53 PM I think Monday is my active recovery day, which is typically better for me than a do nothing rest day. Rest days themselves are not planned b/c life will plan them for me. I get tied up at work, with family stuff, pool is unexpectedly closed, etc. and a scheduled training day became a rest day just b/c life happened and I lost my workout time. Good point. I like to have a rest day because it keeps the desire there, if I give myself a break and also stop me from over-doing training which I'm trying to get a better grip on and not get sick. |
| 2009-12-21 9:33 PM in reply to: #2571977 |
Veteran 399 Puyallup, WA | Subject: RE: What Day Is Your Scheduled Rest Day? I've tried scheduling work and non-workout days but I always end up being flexible and somewhat spontaneous. |
| 2009-12-21 9:58 PM in reply to: #2572164 |
Champion 5781 Northridge, California | Subject: RE: What Day Is Your Scheduled Rest Day? jonathan22 - 2009-12-21 6:51 PM JorgeM - 2009-12-21 9:26 PM you left out the option: "I don't have a scheduled rest day"... Ditto. Mondays and Fridays tend to be easier and lighter; the only off days are days where work and life get in the way of training. X3. Mondays are usually my lightest workouts because my long ride or run of the week is usually on Sunday. |
| 2009-12-21 10:25 PM in reply to: #2571977 |
| Veteran 549 | Subject: RE: What Day Is Your Scheduled Rest Day? For years it was Thursday as Wed was my longest day. Recently I have changed to not having a scheduled day off but will take one when my bod says its time to rest. |
| 2009-12-21 10:44 PM in reply to: #2571977 |
Champion 19812 MA | Subject: RE: What Day Is Your Scheduled Rest Day? Over last 6 years I've done a variety of different days for rest days. I am a mom and like to have weekends as rest days if I take them. This past year I didn't have scheduled rest days and it worked best. I do better having consistent training not building always for 2-3 weeks then rest week. Often I will have a lighter day after big day or before a big day. |
| 2009-12-21 11:36 PM in reply to: #2571977 |
Expert 2555 Colorado Springs, Colorado | Subject: RE: What Day Is Your Scheduled Rest Day? My last scheduled rest day was September 6th. Rest is overrated. I doubt very many people here ever come remotely close to training enough to be "overtrained". There are people on this forum who swim 20K/week, bike 250 miles/week, and run 60+ miles/week every week all year. If you want to take a day off, pick whatever is convenient for you. |
| 2009-12-22 12:34 AM in reply to: #2571977 |
Extreme Veteran 409 Tampa, FL | Subject: RE: What Day Is Your Scheduled Rest Day? I don't workout on Sunday for religious reasons--I spend that day going to church and spending time with my family and well . . . resting! |
| 2009-12-22 2:43 AM in reply to: #2571977 |
Regular 83 Manhattan, NY | Subject: RE: What Day Is Your Scheduled Rest Day? I do Fridays, just because it allows my body some rest before my big weekend training and I usually am busy tying up the work week, and getting pulled out by friends. I'm debating switching that to Monday's though, so my body has some recovery after those big training days. |
| 2009-12-22 5:39 AM in reply to: #2571977 |
Master 2491 | Subject: RE: What Day Is Your Scheduled Rest Day? I have a few coming up for family vacation, but I don't usually schedule rest days. |
| 2009-12-22 6:20 AM in reply to: #2572164 |
Elite 3658 Roswell, GA | Subject: RE: What Day Is Your Scheduled Rest Day? jonathan22 - 2009-12-21 9:51 PM JorgeM - 2009-12-21 9:26 PM you left out the option: "I don't have a scheduled rest day"... Ditto. Mondays and Fridays tend to be easier and lighter; the only off days are days where work and life get in the way of training. Same here. Mondays I swim easy and Fridays I run easy. The off days will happen due to work, children, colds, injuries, etc. |
| 2009-12-22 6:46 AM in reply to: #2571977 |
| Member 72 Ft. Lauderdale | Subject: RE: What Day Is Your Scheduled Rest Day? Any day I can squeeze it in. I make a list of my workouts for the week and check them off when I complete them, in no particular order. As long as I finish them all in a week, I'm happy. |
| 2009-12-22 6:49 AM in reply to: #2571977 |
Master 2411 Goodyear, AZ | Subject: RE: What Day Is Your Scheduled Rest Day? I rarely take a SRD. During the regular season, I have a swim only day or recovery bike day each week. I'm a slacker just now though and take a day whenever I feel like it or when family stuff comes up. |
| 2009-12-22 7:34 AM in reply to: #2571977 |
Veteran 200 Hudson Valley, NY | Subject: RE: What Day Is Your Scheduled Rest Day? Right now I have Sundays scheduled as my rest day, but if we have something going on on Saturday and I miss my workout, I"ll swap it. I'm able to exercise during the week in the mornings before my kids get up, or while my little guy is in preschool during the day, so fitting workouts in during the week aren't too much of a challenge, but with a husband and 2 kids, exercising both days on the weekend could be problematic. At this point, I"m trying to do a longer run on Saturdays (longer for me, anyway!), and so Sunday is a good rest day. |
| 2009-12-22 7:43 AM in reply to: #2571977 |
Champion 7136 Knoxville area | Subject: RE: What Day Is Your Scheduled Rest Day? My longest day (mentally anyways) is Sunday. So on Monday it's good to have nothing scheduled. Just the mental side of having one day where nothing is planned benefits me more than another half @$$ workout on tired legs. In my opinion anyways. Also, Monday is usually my longest day at work, so it's nice to not have to fit anything in after a hectic day. |
| 2009-12-22 7:50 AM in reply to: #2571977 |
Regular 65 | Subject: RE: What Day Is Your Scheduled Rest Day? And on the seventh day, I rested |
| 2009-12-22 9:00 AM in reply to: #2571977 |
Veteran 278 Chicago, IL | Subject: RE: What Day Is Your Scheduled Rest Day? Scheduled for Thursday. Friends know if anything is to be scheduled on the weekend, it has to be done by Wednesday night so i can shift it. I like Thursday as it gives me some hope of being re-energized going into the weekend's long workouts. |
| 2009-12-22 9:05 AM in reply to: #2571977 |
Pro 5011 Twin Cities | Subject: RE: What Day Is Your Scheduled Rest Day? I don't really have a set day off. Usually, though, I try and work it out so I have the weekends off from training. But if I need a day off in the week, eiher b/c of schedule or b/c I need one...I just take it. |
| 2009-12-22 9:06 AM in reply to: #2572489 |
Pro 5011 Twin Cities | Subject: RE: What Day Is Your Scheduled Rest Day? ChiefBrody - 2009-12-22 6:46 AM Any day I can squeeze it in. I make a list of my workouts for the week and check them off when I complete them, in no particular order. As long as I finish them all in a week, I'm happy. That's more or less how I am. |
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