Rest Days?

[equus123]

Generally speaking for me, I like to have 1-2 rest days per week and then I take it easy for the week every 4th week (about 4 hours training that week instead of normal 7-8).

[Geonz]

Just by life's general patterns, that's what I do, too. If life's general patterns don't cooperate, I make conscious adjustments. IMO if you should feel guilty, it should be for making your body *work* all those consecutive days... now, your atonement is to give it the eleventh day off... and make *sure* you don't do that again

[hellosunshine]

gosh,this makes me realise that rest days are even more essential,at the moment im doing 16 1/2bike hrs a week,the intensity increasing,plus weights and maybe a swim,and rowing intervals.....racing season begins end of march...one sure sign of me needing a rest day is when i "call screen"the telephone and get irritated with the dog.