What's your favorite way to spend your rest day?
in between hard exercise sessions so that it can repair itself properly—and come back stronger. Plus, if all your body gets is physical stress without rest, you can reach the point of diminishing returns, or the point at which more exercise doesn’t result in any more progress.
“Think of it this way: If you don’t give your body time to adapt to the physical demands, it will never get a chance to ‘catch up’ and get stronger,”, a certified personal trainer at Life Time Athletic Boston and TEAM Burn program lead, tells SELF. But that doesn’t mean you need to avoid all activity on your rest days. Here's why active recovery should be part of your weekly workout routine.
Not to mention, dialing it down for an active recovery day can offer a refreshing mental break from intense training, Alberta-based kinesiologist and exercise physiologistPlanning an “active recovery” workout on rest days is a great way to give your body a break without being totally sedentary. Unlike passive recovery days—where you’re sitting on your couch all day binge-watching—active recovery days involve movement.
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