TweetI think it's good to take it a little easier in the gym for a couple weeks. I don't think you would really loose much from 1 week off, but I don't think 1 week would help much either. I think a couple or 3 weeks of taking it a little lighter helps after a stretch of killing yourself with heavy hour-in-half workouts. Your body will tell you what to do.

TweetI take time off regulary. It is very necassary for your CNS to recover. There are many ways to do this also. From a complete sit out for a week or deloading periods. Which I like.
IA has many good articles about this subject I strongly suggest reading some of them to better understand the needs and benifits of time off.

Tweeti take a break when i feel like it...i dont really schedual a break, but every so often i'll take a few extra days to recoup

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Originally Posted by bowbow

I take time off regulary. It is very necassary for your CNS to recover. There are many ways to do this also. From a complete sit out for a week or deloading periods. Which I like.
IA has many good articles about this subject I strongly suggest reading some of them to better understand the needs and benifits of time off.

^^^^^ agree!!!!!!

TweetLike bowbow said, I like to "deload". To deload you don't just sit around but you do a lighter load or work some recovery methods and give your system a break. We all get burnt out from time to time after long periods of hittin it hard, and this is our body's way of tellin us to back off a little and give it some rest. The only time I'll actually take time off is when I'm sick or the last few days before a meet.

TweetI CHANGE UP DIFFERENT EXERCISES ALL THE TIME AND CHANGE WEIGHT. AND YEAH 5 WORK-2OFF IS GOOD IDEA