'Train every day to see quicker results' 'you must go to the gym every day if you want to see improvements to your body'Recognise these quotes? Are you the one saying this to anyone who'll listen? Maybe you should have a rethink on the advice you're giving.
Yes it's great to exercise your body to keep it fit and healthy, however it's also extremely important for your body to have the chance to rest and recover too.
I train every other day, always leaving a rest day in between my workouts as I believe that is the best way you can treat your body.
Why Should We Have Rest Days?
Our rest days are just as important to our bodies as a workout day is.
Your rest day is allowing your muscles, bones, nerves and tissue the time to rebuild itself, this is how they grow bak stronger than ever.
Sleep is a huge part of what helps rest and recover the body along with drinking plenty of water and getting good foods inside you to refuel your body.
If we push our bodies too hard and do intense workouts everyday, overtime this will lead to your body crashing and being unable to perform how it use to, the recovery period will be a lot longer and more tiresome than a rest day will be.
The most important thing is to always listen to our bodies, if something hurts, stop and figure out why. Pushing through the pain rather than stopping to fix it could cause serious long term damage.
Always remember, if you're in a gym and have a question the PT's are there to help and advise. My Moto in life - it's always better to ask.
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