How Often Do Ya'll Take a Week Off From the Gym?

[curling]

I might take off 2 or 3 total weeks avg during the year. You know vacations, injured or sick. I hate missing more than a week ever it seems like you lose stregnth and size over a couple weeks. I had a damn kidney stone once and didn't work out for 2 months. IT SUCKS. I went back the the gym and felt like when I first started working out again. Soreness and weak. Didn't take as long to get back up to speed muscle memory I guess.

Well what about ya'll?

 

[Welsh power house]

since i am natural, i take a week off after 7-8 intense weeks of training.
when you train, your body goes through 3 stages of response:

stage 1: alarm- in the first 1 0r 2 weeks of training ur body will begin to adjust it's defenses as it prepares to compensate for the new stress.

stage 2: resistance, during weeks 3-5 your body actually adapts to this stress by getting bigger.

stage 3: exhaustion, during weeks 6-7, your body hits a wall(plateau) and your gains stop as overtraining sets in.


this is fact, exp for a natural trainer....rest = growth not time in the gym!

 

[Tuna Guy]

I'm going to get slated for this, but i havent had a week off or missed a workout since Easter last year.

 

[Tombstonealley]

At least one week of active rest every 5-8 weeks depending on the individual-for me it is every 6th week.

 

[Freak Show]

I was stupid and didn't take a week off for at least 6 months. Well, my body let me know by royally fuckin me up. Sick, pulled hammy, exhausted, shitty sleep, you name it. I think more people can benefit from a break every 3-4months or so. I'm talkin a week off with nothing. No cardio, calves, abs, whatever. Just relax and eat. You come back fresher and more focused. I haven't been 'on' in a while so that's where this theory can get skewed cuz its definitely different when you're using. I just came back from my week layoff and didn't lose a step.

 

[maxellyz]

never,

i might take on day some time but thats not often.....

 

[curling]

Max,

Is that you in your sig picture? If it is, why are you red? You look like that dude from "Cheech and Chongs Next Movie" that broke through the wrong wall and ended up on the "Help Me Wonda" set.

 

[blood_drinker]

curling takes an extra day off every week as he neglects proper leg training.

as for me, i take it every time i get some vacations (usually every other 8 weeks about).

 

[WarriorPL]

i am with max, i never take weeks off, just a day or two once in a while.
And curling, thats not max in the pic, thats me, im his idol.

LoL yo i wish! haha thats King Kamali man, and maybe hes red because or a bad sun burn??


~WizKid

 

[ThickLEE]

CURLING IS A FUCKING IDIOT

 

[absolute hardgainer]

I usually take off the week between the 24th of December to the 1st of January, xmas time just isn't for training - it's the one week of the year when I don't have to work. Apart from that I train with weights every week, but every 8-10 weeks when I change my program I do one lighter week where I take weight off all exercises.

hardgainer (pump)

 

[he-man]

when my body tells me to

 

[curling]

CURLING IS A FUCKING IDIOT

What the f*** was this for?

 

[MaGilicuti]

thinking about taking a week off myself, if your body is hurting and your lifts are shit i think its time to take a week off, this will be my 3rd time taking a week off this year. first time was due to a vacation though

 

[VTAT]

For a week about a week after every cycle ends - it works for me quite well.

 

[YoungNHugeGuns]

I tried it once last year. I lost a lot of size. I never did it again.

 

[macDbol]

week off every 12 weeks might be beneficial,but my strength goes down the shitter and i come back pissed off that i cant do the same wieght i was doing last week,,,arrrrr

 

[Robboe]

oungnhuge: you can't have 'lost a lot of size' from one week off, the body doesn't catobolize muscle that fast, well, unless you ate very little during the week and didn't stick to an ace diet.

Weeks off can be very beneficial.

I take them when i feel i need them.

 

[Hannibal]

52 Weeks a year. Never take any time off. I might however reorganinze my schedule if I have a vacation or something. But by the end of the week I always get all my work done in the gym.

 

[Abbaddon]

there is occasionally a week were i give myself 3 to 4 days off in a row but you gotta remember I do two a days so I still get what most consider a full week in

 

[gymtime]

I just took about five days off because of a stiff neck. First time I've missed more than two days in probably two years.

I wanted to do an entire week, but couldn't stand it after five days so I started up again. Ultimately, I'm glad I did it though. I got back and all my lifts were up. Didn't feel weak at all.

It's tough because it seems like you're slacking off, but I believe it is actually benenficial.

 

[The mann]

don't schedule them..take em' when i need em'.....

 

[nuck]

When you guys take time off do you drop everything or still do stuff like cardio?