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I plan some thing everyday, but on like a rest day ill play on the wii fit with my daughter
"Why not go out on a limb? Isn't that where the fruit is?"
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My goal is to burn 3000 calories each week through exercise. This means that I exercise almost every day, sometimes cardio only, sometimes both ST and cardio, and very occasionally only ST. I'm not compulsive about exercising every day, but it's getting to the point that I miss it when I don't exercise.
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Lynn
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Yes, I shoot for one rest day a week. I am currently sick so I've taken a few days off this week.
"I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is'."
- Kurt Vonnegut, in
A Man Without A Country
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Yes, Sunday is a rest day for me.
Jan
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yes
"A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her."
— Max Lucado
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yes more a yoga than a rest and depending on my body needs
If it is to be, it is up to me.
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No, I have to much energy to take a rest day,
I am trying to live a healthy life for me and my family. I have changed my eating habits and I feel great.
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yes I take rest days from cardio, but do strength training on those days.
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Not completely from exercise. I do less on some days when I am really busy after a full day or I feel less energetic. Most days I get more energy after I do my cardio. OKAY I AM GOING TO DO SOME BRAGGING! Yesterday I worked all day in my job as an occupational therapist and then came home tired. I got on the elliptical going pretty slow and then after just a few minutes God pushed me into high gear. I used the elliptical for 2 hrs and then did 60 min. of strengthening and stretching. If my husband had not asked when I would be done I would still be exercising. I hate to ruin a good opportunity. Today I was a little achy but I am back at exercising using the elliptical as I write this message. I feel very blessed!!!
The only way to finish your worout is to start!
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Absolutely - U need to take rest days
Don't sweat the small stuff!!!
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Yes, sort of. I too try to keep the weights close b/c it's so easy for me to skip a day.
Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding, in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
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I take rest days, but generally that means something like an easy walk or swim. I try really hard not to take days where I do nothing, or else my momentum totally stops.
Carrie "For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else." - Winston Churchill ctkreider.wordpress.com/
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Ruth
-----------------------------May you live everyday of your life.
Jonathan Swift
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Small steps get us where we need to go!
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Yes, one day and sometimes 2 a week
I did my best today, tomorrow I will do even better.
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yes at least 1 a week
2013....Healthy Me
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No but there are days when I am very limited on what I have time to do. I have not missed a day of exercise since Election Day and before that it was when I was on vacation in the Carrabean Scuba Diving. I do something everyday and rarely miss using my elliptical. It's such a major part of my life. I have been exercising for 48-50 years and its a big part of my daily ADLs. I workout even when I feel bad but that's not very often! You do what feels right for YOU!
The only way to finish your worout is to start!
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You need to do what feels best for you. Listen to your body. It is totally fine to exercise everyday if it feels good. If you feel like you need to take a rest day do so, if you feel like you are strong enough for another workout then do so. Personally one day off for me leads to 3 weeks off... so I have been exercising daily. On days when i feel tired and sluggish i head out for a walk or do some yoga and stretching instead of a hard workout. I just do what feels good. I have found that by exercising everyday my body is ready for it, and i can feel my energy rising telling me to go out and exercise. This keeps you going! I tell all my clients - 'Do what feels good' otherwise your not going to stick with it. Keep up the good work!! Eli
www.elikingfitness.com
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I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. -Apostle Paul
* Never, never, never, never give up. -Winston Churchill
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yeah i go by how my body feels usually one to 2 days of rest each week
If it is to be, it is up to me.
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Usually I just do light exercising Saturday and Sunday
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This is my 4th week of keep keeping a regular schedule and I take Saturday and Sunday off. My first weekend off I was insanely nervous about "forgetting" to start back again on monday, but I actually looked forward to it. Now I'm not as bad, but every weekend I still have that fear in the back of my mind. Sometimes Mondays are hard energy wise, and sometimes I pick it back up easily. I've been thinking of doing yoga on one if not both of my off days because I do a little bit post workout and I'm beginning to like it a lot, but I have a tendency to overdo it so I don't want to tack more time on to my workouts for fear of burning out. It's relaxing so I thought it would be something good to keep me active during my off days. I'd also like to start playing dancing games on Wii or Playstation or taking short walks to look for photography opportunities on weekends. I won't do a full hardcore workout on my off days though. For myself, that's asking for trouble.
If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got.
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Sat/Sun - mandatory days off!
Marty
~ Every day is a new beginning. Treat it that way.
Stay away from what might have been, and look at what can be. ~
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Yes, when my body tells me it's time to take a break. Depending on how my body feels I will take a day or two off a week.
The past doesn't define you, your present does. It's okay to create a vision of the future because it affects your behavior in the "now," but don't dwell on past mistakes. Learn from them and focus those lessons in the moment. That’s where change can really happen. - Jillian Michaels
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no, no fun
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I do not because I set my goal as 10 minutes a day. I usually do at least 30 minutes a day unless time disappears. If I just did 10 minutes I suppose that could be considered a rest day. I do see what you mean about giving the body a rest. It does make sense.
"The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new." -Socrates
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Not only do I take them, I think they are necessary. Sometimes your body gets overworked and you get a much better work out if you skip a day.
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Yes
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yes - it factors into my overall health and recovery
"We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible."
~C. Malesherbes~
"Your mind will be like its habitual thoughts; for the soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts."
Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD)
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Yes
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I do if I feel I need them. Usually ends up being a Saturday or Sunday, sometimes both. Monday through Friday - almost never.
"I owe everything you see here to spaghetti."
-Sophia Loren
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