Thread: How important is a day off?

Some people train everyday, others, take a day off. The difference between the two is that the people who train everyday are usually athletes and they have trained professionals who know how muscles work and know when to back off of routine excersizes and switch to something less stressful on the muscles.

The rest of us need a day or two of rest. It's a chance for muscles to recouperate. You could still excersize if you'd like, but try taking it down a notch. The goal is to excersize like you keep doing, but maybe alternate between excersizing hard and stretching or lighter excersizing.

While talking to my doctor about this very issue, he said: 'You need to alternate your days of excersizing and having a break in order to decrease the chance of injuring your body.'

I think the key thing is to listen to your body. If something feels like it hurts or if your body is just feeling run down, then take a break!!

I think I just talked circles LOL I hope I helped in some way!

I think since you are replacing a workout day with stretching, you should be just fine.