Originally Posted by
bdinger
Hi clydes,
What's the general consensus on days off? I just got back on the bike after a six month leave, and it feels great but even while taking it easy I can tell I have a long way to go before I'm back where I was. As such I really don't want to overdo it right out of the gate and frankly its been a long time since I've been this out of shape.
So.. days off. Good or horrible?
It depends, when you in training mode or distance building mode, then days off can really work for you, in that rest days mean a few things:
1) You recover on the rest days, so you can hammer on the ride days
2) If your supposed to ride certain days and have off days, you can switch around, rather then miss completely.
3) You don't burn out as quickly.
If you ride, just to ride, then it doesn't really matter, ride when you want to and more important things don't get in the way, although you need to make sure you don't put too many off days in a row or all of a sudden the last ride was a couple of months ago.
