Hi all-
How stringently would YOU define an off-day? I've always felt that if I was not running, cycling, or swimming on a given day, it was an off-day even if I was lifting weights (upper body), doing abs etc on that day. My wife, on the other hand, disagrees. She feels that doing any exertive activities on a given day renders that day day an on-day, and that by lifting on days I'm not running I'm compromising my body's ability to recover, regenerate muscle, replenish gylcogen, etc.
What say you??? Is it an absolute--is an off-day only a day in which you do nothing more than your regular ambient exercise (walking to fridge, walking to work)? Or is it relative--today's an off-day from running because I didn't run?
I hate to cheat myself out of a lifting session, but I would hate even worse to be cheating myself out of optimum recovery.
Thanks!
Dave
How stringently would YOU define an off-day? I've always felt that if I was not running, cycling, or swimming on a given day, it was an off-day even if I was lifting weights (upper body), doing abs etc on that day. My wife, on the other hand, disagrees. She feels that doing any exertive activities on a given day renders that day day an on-day, and that by lifting on days I'm not running I'm compromising my body's ability to recover, regenerate muscle, replenish gylcogen, etc.
What say you??? Is it an absolute--is an off-day only a day in which you do nothing more than your regular ambient exercise (walking to fridge, walking to work)? Or is it relative--today's an off-day from running because I didn't run?
I hate to cheat myself out of a lifting session, but I would hate even worse to be cheating myself out of optimum recovery.
Thanks!
Dave