How many of you guys take the weekends off from training? And if you do, do you do anything? (like cardio or other activities)?
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12-11-2005, 08:55 PM #1Registered User
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taking the weekends off?
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12-11-2005, 08:58 PM #2Registered User
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I do. I don't do much except eat and watch sports and maybe go to work if I feel like it. I'm trying to bulk though.
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12-12-2005, 02:49 AM #3Buff bride to be
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I actually have had my best results when I have taken two consecutive days off from training. The most I did was occasionally walk my dog but it was recovery time well earnt!
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12-12-2005, 03:14 AM #4Registered User
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I almost always take the weekends off (totally). I have found that by Friday's workout I am usually exhausted and sore everywhere. If I take the weekend off, I am fresh and ready to hit it hard again on Monday. Taking the weekend off does not included diet though. I adhere to it strictly, always.
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12-12-2005, 03:21 AM #5Confused
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i have to take the weekends off because I work saturdays all day and my gym isn't open on sundays.
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12-12-2005, 07:06 AM #6Metal Mover
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Myself, I NEVER TAKE THE WEEKENDS OFF. haha, you see lifting is my life, and when a normal person is out partying "having the best time of there life", I am out lifting "MAKING the best time of my life". I for one LOVE lifting on the weekends because I don't have school, and I don't have anything normally, and I can get completely readied and physced up to lift, I can plan it EXACTLY as I want, and I don't have to be in any rush WHATSOEVER.
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12-12-2005, 07:26 AM #7Nuttin' Special
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Weekends are actually my more "on" days. Since I work M-F, I love to spend most of time @ the gym on the weekend.
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12-12-2005, 07:47 AM #8Super Mommy
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I take the weekends totally off. From diet and work outs. The most activity I get on the weekends is if I am going to the store or cleaning up the house. OF course, I'm also not training to compete.
Oh yeah ... and I have to take it off anyway .. because the gym is closed on the weekends.Last edited by Ninja J; 12-12-2005 at 07:51 AM.
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12-12-2005, 08:01 AM #9Registered User
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I always take the weekends off. I need to let my body recover. When I keep going I can't do as much and I start to get sick. My body really responds to a few days off and then I can go back on monday and give 100%. It is not good to workout everyday without a break. On the weekends we do other fun like in the summer we have a boat and so we swim, ski and do all that. In the winter we have snowmobiles. It is still exercise, but different and more family fun.
Take a break! Your body will thank you
JIt is taking forever, but I AM GETTING THERE! Education, hard work, determination and lots of sweat!
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12-12-2005, 01:58 PM #10Believe in life
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When I have taken the weekends off, by the time I get to the gym on Monday I am pumped, more motivated, and have much more strength!
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12-12-2005, 07:08 PM #11Registered User
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If I train 5 days in a row then I take the weekend off and I don't do anything except rest. Of course the weekends means that I'm grocery shopping, cooking, cleaning, playing with the kids, studying, visiting family...probably more stuff than what I do during the week.
During the summer I like to go for a long run on Saturday or Sunday mornings.
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12-12-2005, 09:22 PM #12Registered User
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Ha ha isn't that the truth! Define a day off...Originally Posted by mommy*2*3It is taking forever, but I AM GETTING THERE! Education, hard work, determination and lots of sweat!
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