Longest Break You'll Take?
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Triguy98 posted 2 years ago.
A week. And I took that already. Sometimes work and fmaily things crowd up all my time around Xmas and new years, like last year. So thats the second one week break. Then I will take a couple days off the week before I start high intensity stuff.
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bluebirdbiker posted 2 years ago.
bluebirdbiker wrote:
..... a week or a week and a half....... usually when the weather is bad for a while. It will also vary wrt stuff at work. If it gets very busy I take some time off from workouts.
Well, I am in the week off time. Damn I feel like a bag or dirt and need it. My legs really hurt, sleep and food don't make me feel any better..... blah, blah, blah. Gotta take some time off cause I will burn out for the real training season. It's gonna be tough not doing anything for the week so, I am looking for some inspiration from you guys. What should I do to get my mind off the training, to get me through this week of couch potaoness? Right now I feel crap and kinda welcome the rest but 2 days from now I know I will need the high HRs etc. How am I gonna survive? :eek:
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BrianMc posted 2 years ago.
I don't actually take real time off, I feel I need to workout to release some stress. BUt I did do about 2-3 weeks of really low volume right after my last race this season. Like 3-4 hours a week. Real easy too.
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christri25 posted 2 years ago.
NEVER ! but i take it easy ... is that possible ?!
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adeegan posted 2 years ago.
2 days has been the most i have taken off per say, but agreeing with BrianMc I do a couple of low volume and intensity after a big race more just to regular with working out
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RV posted 2 years ago.
No full weeks off for me. I will do real easy weeks where will take a couple days off (but not in a row), and do lower intensity work. But gotta be doing something. I am doing a few easy weeks right now - transitioning from the end of the race season to the start of off-season training. Mostly working on form and drills right now. Like my active recovery.
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qb ant posted 2 years ago.
I'm glad you started this thread. I recently took a week and a half off because of an injury and the first couple of days back, man was I sore. Once I got started, things fell back into place, but I'm worried about the holidays. Going home for Christmas for two weeks. Since I can't bring my bike and probably won't ever make it to the Y (not even sure if there's one nearby), I intend to run a couple times a week - but we all know about those good intentions ;) I guess I'm just worried about taking two weeks off and then starting all over again inthe New Year. Any suggestions on staying motivated while everyone else is partying and visiting, etc. or should i just take the time off and stop stressing........
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David posted 2 years ago.
Not only I train little hours compare to you guys, but I also took the longest break : 4 weeks !
2 for rest & 2 for business trip and injury recovery.
And I'm fine now & most of all I WILL be fine later - the important thing is not to feel guilty about resting. Like all coaches say, it's part of training (I'm pretty good at resting I guess !!) ;)
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brittda posted 2 years ago.
I always plan races in the winter spring to stay motivated. I have a 1/2 marathon over Thanksgiving weekend and then a marathon January 8 (or 9...what ever that Sunday is), and another one first week of May. Any how I find that if I do this I have motivation to keep working out over the holidays :)
Oh and I will take a week off probably after the January race. Its Disney so since we will be there for a week after, I wont be running. Once I get back then it will be back to training for the May one. Plan to probably take a couple days off in Dec too...will be on vacation and probably wont be able to get much mileage in due to the location (will be in the Caye's in Belize...The island is only likd 12 miles long total). It will just be a "recovery week" :rolleyes:
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hipfan posted 2 years ago.
Did anyone else go through last race withdrawal?
I took off about 2 months. I just couldn't get motivated after my last race. I still haven't been in the pool since August. :eek: Terrible I know. :mad: But I have found that taking a little time off is a bad idea for me. I have signed myself up for a couple of races next year already in order to keep me motivated?
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cg posted 2 years ago.
Oh you meant physical break!
Each day I am not in the pool, in the saddle, or in my trainers ... I am mentally in T1.... I am not good in T1 :(
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ht001 posted 2 years ago.
I took about 4 weeks "off." During that time I was still biking to work, and occassionaly (sp?) running but I didn't give myself a hard time if I didn't make a workout. It seemed to be perfect timing as I was unbelievably busy at work and my husband and I were (well, still are) remodeling our kitchen. I was able to focus on work completely during the day, and then at night come home and pitch in on installing cabinets and recessed lighting. Now that I'm ramping up my base training I'm rested, and truly ready...so much so that I'm craving the structure that comes with regular workouts. In prior seasons I've done the same sort of break, and it always seems to rejuvinate my focus and let me come back feeling rested physically.
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glbrum posted 2 years ago.
I took one week off near the beginning of october. I actually jumped right back into training after my last race and realized that I needed some sort ofa break so after one week of training I took a 1 week break, than a few weeks later I took 5 days off to go to Yosemite. I didn't train (although a seemingly great area to run) because I was nursing the prospects of an injury. That's all she wrote in terms of rest for this "off-season".
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Beldrueger posted 2 years ago.
My longest break last year was about 10 days when I went to Peru, but I did get a lot of hiking in at insane altitudes (18,000ft+). I had the best (and last) race of the year two weeks after getting back, so maybe the altitude and rest was a magic pill.
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bluebirdbiker posted 2 years ago.
bluebirdbiker wrote:
..... a week or a week and a half....... usually when the weather is bad for a while. It will also vary wrt stuff at work. If it gets very busy I take some time off from workouts.
Well, I am in the week off time. Damn I feel like a bag or dirt and need it. My legs really hurt, sleep and food don't make me feel any better..... blah, blah, blah. Gotta take some time off cause I will burn out for the real training season. It's gonna be tough not doing anything for the week so, I am looking for some inspiration from you guys. What should I do to get my mind off the training, to get me through this week of couch potaoness? Right now I feel crap and kinda welcome the rest but 2 days from now I know I will need the high HRs etc. How am I gonna survive? :eek:
Thanks
BBB (a.k.a. classic overtrainer)
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deepbluex posted 2 years ago.
I take December off. There is just too much chaos between Thanksgiving and New Year's to even try to keep to a training schedule.
It's a nice mental break that I force on myself. That way I know I'm not obsessing about this all year. I actually enjoy letting myself go for that month. When I start up in January, I have a 5 pound weight gain that I work to reduce and it makes me motivated to rebuild and start fresh.
One continuous workout after another all year without a break would make me get sick and tired of it. A little distance, mental and phsyical, puts me in a very positive mood when I get back into it.
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Anton posted 2 years ago.
I usually never take time off ,maybe a couple days here and there. I do cycle through being off in different sports. Just took 10 days off from lifting. My biking is high right now,but my running,low. Took three months off from swimming and just started back. Did nothing but run between Marine Corps Mary and the Goofy Challenge. I always seem to be doing something. Do have a fun filled training schedule to get me to my first events of the season and am sticking to that,but allow myself breaks when my body says I need one.
While my training level never seems to be what it once was...I keep moving. Figure I can rest when I'm dead.
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zcowgirl3 posted 2 years ago.
I've taken 2 months off and got plently fat from it! I have a severe groin injury that I've been playin' on thru soccer season then 2 weeks off then into indoor/outdoor track. Hurdles didn't help yet I kept goin' after my last track season, got motivated enough to traine for Tri's and then when the last one came I tampered off of not really doin' anything and here I am today still strugglin'! Been to the docs and have meds for my groin, it hasn't gone numb yet so we're all good but I know from hipfan I hear ya buddy. That's why I come on here for motivation yet I wish I was still in Track b/c I'd be out everyday bustin' my chops w/ workouts...sucks doin' this alone.
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dr_rios_ec posted 2 years ago.
Since I am starting at this...and trying to put my heart on it...I try not to take any time off...
What I do is listen to my body, and maybe take a day and a half off, or something like that...maybe take a day really easy...but when I do not train, i really get crancky, my mood gets all messed up, don´t sleep well...
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What is the longest break from working out you are willing to take during the off season (not including injury time outs).
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