When should you take time off from the gym?
Simple really:
When your body and mind absolutely demand it and you’ve been training hard with no breaks for a while.
To fit this criteria I’m talking months on with no days off, a mental feeling of “nah, fuck it”, and your body alternating between two modes…
Feed me and give me sleep.
You still do a minimal amount of PT daily. This is only referring to weights.
The Soviets trained 12 weeks on, one week off, I’m not saying I trained that hard, but a few days off sounds great right now. Then it’s back to frequent benching and to approach squatting every day from a slightly different angle.
-J