exercise

do you think its a good idea to take a whole week off from exercising
every now and then ?

Christina
"If only one could tell true love from false love as one can tell
mushrooms from toadstools"

(Christina) wrote in
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do you think its a good idea to take a whole week off from exercising
every now and then ?

Christina
"If only one could tell true love from false
love as one can tell mushrooms from toadstools"


I don't know about whether the idea is good or bad but it won't cause any
permanent harm as long as you don't let it go for too long. It takes 30
days to create/break a habit so the longer you are not exercising, the
harder it will be to start up again. Also, watch you food intake. If you
are used to a lot of exercise and you stop, you need to adjust your eating
accordingly.

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Chris
332.4/187.6/185
Pat
198.4/???/155
2002 combined loss 139
2003 combined loss ???
Total combined ??? lbs

"Christina" wrote in message
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do you think its a good idea to take a whole week off from exercising
every now and then ?

Christina
"If only one could tell true love from false love as one can tell
mushrooms from toadstools"

A weekend maybe, but not a whole week. Your muscles will weaken if you
take that much time off and it's going to be very hard to get started up
again.

A weekend maybe, but not a whole week. Your muscles will weaken if you
take that much time off and it's going to be very hard to get started up
again.



Actually, if you're someone who routinely strength trains with weights
sometimes your body could use a week to rest and allow your muscles to
repair and recover. Every few weeks I will take a week off and when I do
return to the gym I feel refreshed and relaxed. (sometimes I just need a
mental break as well from lifting weights) One week off is not really a
significant enough amount of time to have an adverse effect on any gains you
have made in the gym. Really my true answer to your question would be to
see how your own body feels. If after a few days you feel sluggish or weak
then by all means get back into the gym. A full week may not be what YOUR
body needs. There is no steadfast answer here, it really all depends on
your own personal needs and fitness levels. Play around with how much time
you take off from the gym and see how you feel.

Kris

On Wed, 1 Oct 2003 09:08:04 -0400 (EDT), (Christina)
wrote:

No. But I do think it's a good idea to change how you exercise. The
body is very good at adapting and if you continually do the same thing
all the time it will cease to be helpful. You need to either increase
speed, distance, weight, reps, or time.

Paper
250.6/222.8/150
Improvement - not Perfection

do you think its a good idea to take a whole week off from exercising
every now and then ?

Christina
"If only one could tell true love from false love as one can tell
mushrooms from toadstools"

Hi Christina,

I find that I'm best at maintaining the exercise when I don't stop for a
while. I get used to being a couch potato REALLY easily.

Carol

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63.4 lost since December 2002
I am a slim person in process.
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"Christina" wrote in message
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do you think its a good idea to take a whole week off from exercising
every now and then ?

Christina
"If only one could tell true love from false love as one can tell
mushrooms from toadstools"

I dropped my aerobics down to 30 minutes X 3 days for this week, and my
weightlifting to an easier program, because I have a sort of a cold, and
darn if I did not hit a new low on my scale today. Bizarre

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On Wed, 1 Oct 2003 09:08:04 -0400 (EDT), (Christina)
wrote:

No. But I do think it's a good idea to change how you exercise. The
body is very good at adapting and if you continually do the same thing
all the time it will cease to be helpful. You need to either increase
speed, distance, weight, reps, or time.

Paper
250.6/222.8/150
Improvement - not Perfection

do you think its a good idea to take a whole week off from exercising
every now and then ?

Christina
"If only one could tell true love from false love as one can tell
mushrooms from toadstools"