Rest days are important!
When you’re working hard to reach your fitness goals, it’s easy to feel guilty about the days you don’t make it to the gym. However, your body needs time to rest and recover since exercise is a form of stress to your body. Recovery allows your body to adapt to the stress, replenish your energy and repair muscle tissue.
3 Reasons to Have Rest Days:
- Maximize the gains
Rest days allow your body to repair and strengthen your muscles. Overtraining is a real thing! Overtime, overtraining can weaken your muscles and lead to injury. - Stay motivated
You want to create a lifestyle out of your fitness routine. Rest days are crucial to avoid burnout and still keep you looking forward to your training sessions. - Reduce inflammation
Ever feel sore or achy post-workout? That achy feeling is our body’s way of telling us to back off so it can heal the muscles and in turn, repair and strengthen them.
