Say brehs can we talk about recovery between exercises/regimens

[Capitol]

First off I want to say much love to the brehs and brehettes. I dont post a lot in here but I do lurk and soak up motivation and knowledge.

But yea I wanted to get some insight into how long yall usually rest between workouts and how yall go about recovering so you can bounce back stronger or at least remain consistent. Or if some of you just go hard on it every day

I will admit I was never the most active, but as Im beginning my journey into being more fit it seems like it takes more time than I would like to recover. I had a decent Wushu/calisthenics session Thursday where I had to really push myself to keep up but I ended up missing my Saturday class because my legs still feel like noodles. Sometimes its just hard to shift into that go mode even when Im not sore

Is this to be expected? Lack of stretching afterwards, possibly something with the diet?

 

[Techniec]

I'm not athlete or physical stud by any means but I honestly take the approach of listening to your body

I do Bootcamp... Several days a week... Ill do back to back days but since every session involves some form of lower body (squats, lunges etc) I need to rest after the second session. If I do three in a row, I'll lay off the lower body stuff

Obviously I stretch before and after each work out but I also stretch every night before bed

I hit the roller during my rest days 2-3 times a week

 

[Capitol]

I definitely need to stretch more and stretching before bed sounds like a really good idea. Woke up today and my shoulder felt mad tight for some reason
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[The ADD]

Rest
Hydration
Nutrition

You have to nails those elements. Those are the big factors IMO. If you are just starting off it’s to be expected.

 

[Kyle C. Barker]

I get deep tissue massages every Thursday during lunch but it's mainly because I hit the airdyne bike pretty hard 5 days a week

 

[The Villain]

I usually workout about 5 or 6 days a week but I do different things. I'm usually busy Wednesday and Friday nights but other than that I go after work.

Basically I have a push day, a pull day and a leg day. I try to keep those about 3 days apart from each other (so if I do Push on Monday I won't do it again until Thursday) unless I'm working out with one of my friends then it just depends on whatever they feel like working. Then I just scale it down to maybe 70-80% weight if it's a repeat of what I already did. Normally I'll hit abs on leg day and pull day

I also play a lot of soccer and do yoga so if I do that then I'll just skip whatever workout was slotted in for that day and come back to it the next day. The only exception is legs. I will not hit legs the day after I play soccer. That shyt can wait for it's normal 3 day cycle

Overall though just listen to how your body feels. There's been many times where I've gotten to the gym, did a few warmup reps of an exercise to start push day and my body is like "yeah i think it might need to be leg day today "

 

[Bledswole]

Every 7th week I take the whole week off

 

[Bledswole]

Every 7th week I take the whole week off

 

[NatiboyB]

I can say this much ever since I stated doing full body with 1 day on 1 day off I’ve started actually growing more and even losing weight as opposed to my P/P/L which was 3 on 1 off.

 

[WesCrook]

Rest
Hydration
Nutrition

You have to nails those elements. Those are the big factors IMO. If you are just starting off it’s to be expected.

Underrated, undervalued. You gotta consume those vitamins in the proper foods and let them permeate through your body.

People think they can just chow down a burger and fries and make up for it by exercising. Doesn't work that way.

 

[Capitol]

As far as nutrition Ive been vegan for awhile now so I generally eat fruits nuts and vegetables. Might even transition to just doing smoothies and eat beans when I want something solid

 

[IsThatBrothaMouzone?]

Usually workout between 4-6 days consecutively before taking a rest day.

Workout:

- 1 mile walk to the gym
- 3 to 6 mile run (3 mile run is at "race" pace while longer runs are a bit slower)
- Some lifting split (legs, back/shoulder/biceps....or chest/triceps/abs)
- 1 mile walk back home

Only thing that gets me sore is squats if I skip them for a 2 or 3 weeks. Dips can create soreness to if overdoing it.

 

[Inf1ne]

Every 7th week I take the whole week off

De load is smart if you doin high volume shyt

 

[Cadillac]

Rest
Hydration
Nutrition

You have to nails those elements. Those are the big factors IMO. If you are just starting off it’s to be expected.

noted

 

[Bledswole]

De load is smart if you doin high volume shyt

You always supposed to take a week off every few weeks