Being busy isn’t a poor excuse to skip the gym, it’s actually a perfectly legit reason to rest. Here's why:
after exercise over a 96-hour period. They recommended that “under conditions of inordinate stress, individuals may need to be more mindful about observing an appropriate length of recovery”.So, what’s the solution here? Miller suggests that rather than jumping into a HIIT session, you “focus on filling your cup throughout that day and you’ll wake up the next day feeling bloody amazing and that workout will feel great… Because gains are made when the body is in a state where it can recover.
In order to avoid busyness and stress to the point of cancelling your workouts, she prescribes a minimum of two rest days a week, checking in on your body and not training if you feel 5/10 or less, and walking – importantly, to nowhere in particular, rather than between your back-to-back plans. The main point is that our ‘always do more’ attitudes aren’t helping our health. We need to see exercise as what it is: an important but often stressful activity. Much like your inbox, workouts require time dedicated to them, and time away from them. Turning down a session when you’re swamped might just be the best thing you could do.
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