How Important Are Rest Days?

[Perry]

I know when I train in the gym using weights - rest days are very important to let the muscle grow and recover.

How important are rest days from riding?

 

[mr Mag00]

its the same with all exercise, you must draft in rest days. the body needs to rebuild and recover. i dont think you should take light exercise either a complete rest.

 

[palinurus]

I commute so I don't get any total rest days. If I've done a hard session or a TT or something I ride easy for a day or so. Really easy, so I can ride without breathing through my mouth. I keep away from that big ring and pedal so easy that it's amusing. If someone overtakes I let 'em go. Mostly.

 

[monnet]

I commute so I don't get any total rest days. If I've done a hard session or a TT or something I ride easy for a day or so. Really easy, so I can ride without breathing through my mouth. I keep away from that big ring and pedal so easy that it's amusing. If someone overtakes I let 'em go. Mostly.

I'm in the same boat. If I'm getting a fair few hard rides in, and as it's summer I am, I try to be good on the commute. That means small ring, concentrate on cadence and technique - those little things that I never get round to working on when I go out on 'proper' rides. Of course there are days when I just can't help myself and go hell for leather, it's also an effort not to tuck loads of miles inevery nighton the way home just because I can.

 

[col]

I think rest is just as important as actual training,if you dont rest enough you can enter the overtraining area,which starts to reverse your efforts,or it can feel like it is.