Do I need more than one rest day per week?
When you start preparing for a marathon, one look at a training plan can reduce some runners to tears. Many plans will have six runs every week, with just one rest day. But is it okay to have more than one day off?
Phil Hobby is a personal trainer and sports endurance coach for Peak Health Coaching,
peakhealth.org.uk Anyone who embarks on the marathon journey doesn’t need to do huge volume all at once. Scheduling adequate recovery is hugely important, so to have more than one day of rest in a programme is preferable. Volume needs to be built gradually to avoid overtraining or injury. A training plan should be structured in blocks so it builds and then drops for adequate recovery. The built-in rest is the time the body adapts to the stresses of the training.
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