Having that week off...

[Angus]

What do people think about the odd week off? Not over indulging or anything, just having a week off training and coming back into it fresh and rested, with a hunger to be better than before?

 

Angus

 

 

[Jack]

Personally, I do not like the idea of an entire week off, it is time where muscle can diminish slightly, fat can increase a little, and your skills are left unsharpened. I would be willing to make this sacrifice to go abroad for a week or two, but if I was at home I would prefer not to. However, I never overwork my self, I tend not doing more than an hour and a half of either working out or practicing a day, and allow myself the sunday to just stretch and relax

 

If you want to get away from it all then, there's nothing to hold you back from stopping and coming back later.

[KickChick]

Hmmm... well, if I had a week off I think that I would spend it "indulging"...just for the mere fact that I had the week off from working out. Yeah, no will power if I'm thrown off schedule. I don't think its a good idea putting your body thru that "yo-yo" effect. I believe more harm than good.

 

Age has alot to do with being able to bounce back into training as if you never left. I notice that I need to stretch every single day or I do lose my flexability and range of motion.

 

So I think it has alot to do with the individual...I just don't have the willpower to be good on that "off" week so as when I come back I just might feel absolutely horrid!

 

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[moobrack]

I occasionally hav the odd week of, especially when I feel I am over training, It kills me though.A whole Week without karate!Yikes!!

 

 

[Angus]

Well, i've just had a week off to do university work and the sort. I have spent the time i would usually spend working out researching plyometrics and other forms of working out as well as reading stories of other martial artists. I feel great, there was no massive loss of tone, i haven't overindulged, and tomorrow morning i'm gonna get right back into it. I actually think i'm better off cos i've given my muscles a full week to heal after tearing teh crap outta them for the past 6 months.

 

Workout here i come BABY!!!!!! :kaioken: :kaioken: EYE OF THE TIGER!!

 

Angus

 

 

[Karateka_latino]

I've read that you MUST take time off, specially when you have been training hard for a long period of time.

 

How much time, depends on you. but a week sounds reasonable.

 

[iamrushman]

time off is a good thing as long as it doesn't turn into years off..............

 

 

[moobrack]

I know some people who have done that and are doing just that at this moment in time!

 

I don't know what I would do without My Martial Arts every week.I wish it was on 7 days a week!!

 

 

[SaiFightsMS]

Yes I find the odd week off helpful. And for those who train heavily time of is a neccesity to prevent overtraining and its problems.

 

:idea:Another method is to train in cycles of varying intensity.Or to crosstrain in different but complementary activity from time to time.

[moobrack]

weeks off are cool, BUT sometimes I just cannot wait to get back into action.I absolutely LOVE Karate and couldn't imagine myself now without it.