Week off. - UK-Muscle Body Building Community

Bazzamax · 15-03-2005, 07:08 PM

Hi Guys,
This is my first week off for over a year now..and hey i'm feeling guilty about it.
I've got a cold and the gym is the last place i want to be. I'm trying to keep my food intake up too..and plenty of fluids.
Do you think this week of rest will help me in the long term?
Cheers,
Bazza.

Truewarrior1 · 15-03-2005, 07:11 PM

first week off for over a yeaR! wow, i believe it's very beneficial to take a week off every 12 at least. this rest will definately help you.

**robdog** · 15-03-2005, 07:12 PM

Yes mate it will do u good for sure.

ChefX · 15-03-2005, 07:14 PM

I take one week off every 12 so 4 times a year total its very needed by the body. Big time

DB · 15-03-2005, 07:19 PM

man i havent had a week off in 3 years.. i think i could probably do with one!

perry6666 · 15-03-2005, 07:25 PM

Look at it this way:

Rest days = Grow days

TYSON · 15-03-2005, 07:37 PM

I am back in training after a week off (ill) and feel re-freshed, i think i will take a week off every 12 just as chef x does. Must be good to give the body a rest

samurai69 · 15-03-2005, 07:42 PM

Definately - works

Lauren · 16-03-2005, 11:54 AM

I agree it does your body the world of good having a week off, gives it lots of time to recover fully and then you feel much better when you hit the gym again!!!!!

Pete · 16-03-2005, 12:52 PM

I find a week off every 3 months stops me getting ill as often. Years ago when I didn't have a week off my colds would last for ages.

TYSON · 16-03-2005, 01:18 PM

Thats probally why i fell ill lol, i didnt have a break since new year and fell ill. Coinsidance maybe but good point

**Aftershock** · 16-03-2005, 02:07 PM

I cant manage a full lol, but I take 4-5 full days of every 6 weeks. Basically you have to take a break, and if you dont your body will make you, ie u'll get run down and fall ill. I've done it enough times to know.

15-03-2005, 07:08 PM	#1 (permalink)
Bazzamax Gym Addict Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: near Glasgow Posts: 232	Week off. Hi Guys, This is my first week off for over a year now..and hey i'm feeling guilty about it. I've got a cold and the gym is the last place i want to be. I'm trying to keep my food intake up too..and plenty of fluids. Do you think this week of rest will help me in the long term? Cheers, Bazza.

15-03-2005, 07:12 PM	#3 (permalink)
robdog UK-Muscle Moderator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Home!! Posts: 5,685	Yes mate it will do u good for sure. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. 25% off for UKM members (discount code UKM25)

15-03-2005, 07:14 PM	#4 (permalink)
ChefX Getting HUGE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A Secret Laboratory outside of Washington DC Posts: 1,870	I take one week off every 12 so 4 times a year total its very needed by the body. Big time __________________ *To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.* *The Regimen X Bodybuilding System by The Family of X* In the great Greek poem by Constantine Cavafy titled "Ithaka," We are reminded that it is the voyage and the adventures on the way that count, not the arrival itself.

15-03-2005, 07:19 PM	#5 (permalink)
DB UK-Muscle Moderator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: SW London Posts: 11,412	man i havent had a week off in 3 years.. i think i could probably do with one! __________________ DB To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. often imitated never duplicated To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. DB sleeps with a night light. Not because DB is afraid of the dark, but the dark is afraid of DB. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

15-03-2005, 07:37 PM	#7 (permalink)
TYSON Looking Freaky Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: UK (Bedfordshire) Posts: 731	I am back in training after a week off (ill) and feel re-freshed, i think i will take a week off every 12 just as chef x does. Must be good to give the body a rest __________________ :lift: BODYBUILDERS DO IT TILL IT HURTS:lift:

15-03-2005, 07:11 PM	#2 (permalink)
Truewarrior1 Hulking Out! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: london Posts: 1,823	first week off for over a yeaR! wow, i believe it's very beneficial to take a week off every 12 at least. this rest will definately help you.

15-03-2005, 07:25 PM	#6 (permalink)
perry6666 Newbie Trainer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Leicestershire Posts: 6	Look at it this way: Rest days = Grow days

15-03-2005, 07:42 PM	#8 (permalink)
samurai69 Banned Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Mid Portugal - by the sea Posts: 3,076	Definately - works

16-03-2005, 11:54 AM	#9 (permalink)
Lauren The Lady Of The Manor Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Bedfordshire, UK Posts: 2,291	I agree it does your body the world of good having a week off, gives it lots of time to recover fully and then you feel much better when you hit the gym again!!!!! __________________ "Are you a Raver?" "No, Im straight!" :love:

16-03-2005, 12:52 PM	#10 (permalink)
Pete Gym Addict Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: NW Posts: 339	I find a week off every 3 months stops me getting ill as often. Years ago when I didn't have a week off my colds would last for ages.

16-03-2005, 01:18 PM	#11 (permalink)
TYSON Looking Freaky Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: UK (Bedfordshire) Posts: 731	Thats probally why i fell ill lol, i didnt have a break since new year and fell ill. Coinsidance maybe but good point __________________ :lift: BODYBUILDERS DO IT TILL IT HURTS:lift:

16-03-2005, 02:07 PM	#12 (permalink)
Aftershock UK-Muscle Moderator Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 4,021	I cant manage a full lol, but I take 4-5 full days of every 6 weeks. Basically you have to take a break, and if you dont your body will make you, ie u'll get run down and fall ill. I've done it enough times to know. __________________ "You are what you eat you can't possibly be anything else" or put another way "eat sht look like sht!!" Aftershock