I read some really good replies to this post. Your body gains from working out during its' rest period as someone said earlier. If you skip your rest day(s) you are defeating the whole purpose of exercising/training. You need to get a training book and get on one of the traning regiments they layout. Rest days are incorporated into the training program. You are basically just beating your body up. And if you keep it up, you'll get rewarded with a total body breakdown. If think you have problems resting one day, you keep it up and you'll be forced to rest a whole week!

P.S. I read that some pros who rested a whole week the following week were training great. Your body doesn't lose it's gains in one week. I've experienced this myself since I have a physical condition that sidelines me more often than I'd like. But my body doesn't lose anything, maybe even feel better, after a week. And longer than that it hasn't taken me long to work my way back up.

I am a perfectionist...I understand the compulsive behavior....but that behavior also puts a stress on your body that you don't realize. You don't have to slow down or worry about it....your body will put a stop to it when you cross that line...only your body knows where that line is...it'll tell you. This observation doesn't come from wisdom!...it's comes from AGE!!! LOL