How many days off a week do you take?
10-03-04, 07:50 PM
#1
. . . rosebud . . .
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Arlington, VA
Posts: 875
Bikes: Diamondback Outlook
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
How many days off a week do you take?
How necessary is it to set aside one day a week on which I will not ride the bike at all?
Instead of having an "off" day, does it make sense to just have a "light" day? Would a 5 mile ride to the Post Office spoil the recuperative benefits of an "off" day?
I mean, I know we need to rest our bodies, but our bodies were built to move, right? Do we really need a day to not move?
Instead of having an "off" day, does it make sense to just have a "light" day? Would a 5 mile ride to the Post Office spoil the recuperative benefits of an "off" day?
I mean, I know we need to rest our bodies, but our bodies were built to move, right? Do we really need a day to not move?
10-03-04, 09:14 PM
#2
Stegosaurus
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Goa, India
Posts: 1,530
Bikes: 2004 Giant OCR-3
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
I would think it depends on how hard you train. If you're at the threshold of overtraining, then a totally inactive day would be superior to a 5 mile ride day, I'd think.
10-03-04, 09:23 PM
#3
Every lane is a bike lane
Most weeks, none. Having said that, my commute is 25km and totally flat. If I'm feeling tired I can just take it easy -- which is basically the same thing.
__________________
I am clinically insane. I am proud of it.
That is all.
I am clinically insane. I am proud of it.
That is all.
10-03-04, 10:29 PM
#4
Upgrading my engine
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Alamogordo
Posts: 6,218
Mentioned: 5 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 125 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Most of the training guides I see say light/off on rest days. That means you can ride for 5 miles, just don't get your heart rate very high. The problem I have is that 5 miles turns into 10 and I want to start going hard. Another thing to consider is that absence makes the heart grow fonder and when I take days off I seem to enjoy the next day more. But if just sitting around is bugging you, then 5 miles shouldn't hurt.
