How important are rest days to making it?

Not important

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Very important

>>38833823
just as important as lifting

essential

you don't improve your lifts by lifting weight, you improve them by recovering from lifting weight

rest days for weight lifting are a meme

look at people that train for endurance sports, they have ONE rest day a week, with an average day of intervals doing more workload than an entire weeks worth of lifting weights

>>38834588
>weight lifting
>talks about endurance
Ok

>>38834638
endurance training is putting your body under far more stress than the average lifting program of a split for 30-60 minutes every day

people have no trouble with recovering with a goods nights rest

wasting multiple days inbetween for 'rest' is a waste and why you are a DYEL

>>38835713
This guy could not be farther from the truth. Heavy weight lifting is much more damaging to your CNS than any aerobic/endurance exercise, except maybe some top athletes worldwide. The amount of recovery needed is probably not more significant than 20-24 hours (typical rest for people with no designated rest days), however it absolutely is necessary at some point.

Compounding CNS fatigue will significantly hinder muscle recovery.

>>38833828
>>38833870

mmmk

>>38834588
What about two?

>>38833823

Depends on your routine.

I lift full body every work day, but my sessions are short. No more than 2 sets per heavy compound lift. Running and calisthenics on the weekend.

If you're going to BTFO your body with a 2 hour full body session with 4+ sets of heavy compounds, then you'll need 48+ hours to recover.

If you're doing a bro-split, then you can train every day, but effectively each body part gets multiple rest days.

Periodically taking a few days off and doing nothing is probably a good idea for everyone. If you're not a NEET, you'll probably have plenty of unplanned rest days forced upon you anyway, so it's not something that really needs to be scheduled.

>>38833823
you don't have to have a pre-determined rest schedule, if you feel rested, and if the muscles you'll be working that day don't feel sore, go to the gym, if not,take a day off or two
it's just as stupid as having a pre-determined lifting schedule i.e.monday A, tuesday B wednesday C and so on, in the long run it doesn't matter what you did on a weekly basis, but rather the culmination of the months and years you spent investing in your body, sometimes you might get through your entire routine 2x in a week, sometimes just 1x, sometimes it might take 2 weeks to do it once
>TL;DR don't get hung up on scheduling your gym time, lift when you feel like, rest when you don't

>>38834588

They also get injured a lot and aren't trying to just grow muscles that look good.

If you are hitting them heavy enough like a body builder or power lifter you got to rest and repair.

>>38835909
post body

>>38835787
not true at all

1 5 minute vo2max interval is more work than an entire hour of lifting weights

its normal to do a set of 4x5 three times a week with two days of easier training and one day of very long steady training

weight lifters are such fucking pussies when it comes to 'rest'

arnold bench pressed for 2 hours a day every day for 5 years
thats how you get swol

Essential if you want to avoid burn out.

Depends on what your definition of a rest day is. If it's sitting on your ass all day long, then you're doing it wrong. Do some recovery exercises on your rest days and incorporate some light cardio.

>>38836824
>arnold bench pressed for 2 hours a day every day for 5 years

I'm assuming OP is natty, though

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>>38833823
Rest days are not important.
Rest time is, however.

SLEEP FOOD GYM

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You need to try and discovery for yourself.

For me resting is as much important as working be it physical work or mental work. In the past I had this dumb (in my opnion) mindset that feeling the need to rest was just my lazy behavior kicking back so all I needed to do was "man up" and insist until I got used to this very intensive regiment. After wasting a lot of time trying to "man up" I discovered the importance of resting and the impact it has in my production. Also today I don't feel guilty for wasting time or not making something "productive" all the fucking time. I push my limits only for a limited period of time then I rest as much as needed. Sometimes I think a day will do but I wake up the next day feeling that I need another one. In the past I would force myself to work, today I respect my desire and waste another day.

>inb4 this way you never work
Not the case. Resting and rest days get boring after a while. In extreme cases what happen is that I "waste" 3 days in a row. Will it have any impact in the long run? sorry if you answer yes but anyway, thats just my own opnion. Find what works for you and don't feel guilty for wasting time, you can get into a loop where you are always running to reach the next point and never actually enjoy life. I wasted 2 years of my life following this pointless pursuit. At least it teached me a valuable lesson.

>>38838054
Rest recharges the batteries .Gives you a boost. What you lose in time you make up for in efficiency.