The Importance of Rest

Training season gets exhausting. Usually, on my off season I try to take a 1 week break from exercising a month. By a one week break, I mean 3 or less workouts with only one being an exhausting workout. During training on or off season I'll take a rest day or two but with that I'm exercising 2, sometimes 3 times a day. So realistically speaking there are no rest days if you're getting 8 workouts in a 7 day week. 

Here was my week last week:

Monday: Swim

Tuesday:Rest

Wednesday: Walk with Jessica and Owen

CrossFit afterwards: 

5 rounds 8 power cleans (75#) 12 knees to elbows 24 double unders 

Thursday: rest

Friday: rest

Saturday: Rest My twin sister graduated from college! 

So that was last week. I didn't do that the week after the marathon because I didn't want to be sore. Today, I will start back up to CrossFit because I have classes to make up and I feel ready and strong. 

Sometimes you need a break. We all have lives, jobs, pets, kids. You need to give your body a break. When you start to dread that workout, take a couple of days off. You'll feel better and more well rested in the end. 

What is your training schedule like? 

Do you take rest weeks?