rebel strength basic training....

[Iamatt122]

do we do workout a and b twice on the same day? or was the schedule set up like a calendar? a one day...rest...b one day....rest....etc?

[Junglizer]

It should be a day of rest in between sessions. So like, Monday (Session A), Tuesday (Rest), Wednesday (Session , Thursday (Rest), etc...

[Iamatt122]

thought so...thanks

[Guest Carjack]

You don't need a rest day each time you work out if you're strong.

I do one arm and handstand push ups on off days just to smite the idea of overtraining.

[cptInsane0]

Yeah, you don't need a rest day after every workout, but you need at least one day a week. I am doing the 4-day dumbbell division workouts, but am also running distance on saturdays, giving me sunday and wednesday as rest days.

[Alethea]

I went 2 weeks without a "rest" day... at the minimum, I did an hour of yoga. Vary the activities, listen to your body, and you really don't need a full day of doing NOTHING.

[Raincloak]

These days the science favors "active recovery." Mixing up your activities and putting gentler ones (eg walking, swimming) in between the hard ones (heavy weights or running) is a good idea, but you don't need to sit on your butt on rest days.

Unless you're in pain or deep fatigue, which is a warning sign you really need to cut back. If you've trained for a while, you will know the difference.