How often do you...

[MaryBeth]

take days off of training? And for how long? and what is your typical meal plan like?
:scratch:

[Erik]

:lol:

[MaryBeth]

:lol:

:biteme:

:funny:

[Noel Clark]

Typical time frame---a week

I do it when my body says ENOUGH--or when I haven't had one in quite some time

Diet--still clean...pretty consistant to what I was doing. It is only a week :shrug:

[MaryBeth]

Typical time frame---a week

I do it when my body says ENOUGH--or when I haven't had one in quite some time
Diet--still clean...pretty consistant to what I was doing. It is only a week :shrug:

Deets, please! Deets.

:popcorn:

[Noel Clark]

Well last year=--I had been dieting for shows for 6 months...and I could start to feel my body say --STOP. That is when i took a week off.

[Erik]

Well last year=--I had been dieting for shows for 6 months...and I could start to feel my body say --STOP. That is when i took a week off.

Which even then was too long before a break.

[Noel Clark]

Which even then was too long before a break.

agreed---that was just the first chance to do it

[MaryBeth]

Well last year=--I had been dieting for shows for 6 months...and I could start to feel my body say --STOP. That is when i took a week off.

:huh: Was this after your shows were done? Or before? Just curious. So now when I come down you can offically slap me but then you have to show me how to properly work on my form. Deal?? (I know the pressure must suck). But that's what happens when you're the queen. :thumb:

[Noel Clark]

:huh: Was this after your shows were done? Or before? Just curious. So now when I come down you can offically slap me but then you have to show me how to properly work on my form. Deal?? (I know the pressure must suck). But that's what happens when you're the queen. :thumb:

This was after 2 of my shows..but i still had another to do. Deal!!! :wink:

[smuggie]

Typical time frame---a week

I do it when my body says ENOUGH--or when I haven't had one in quite some time

Diet--still clean...pretty consistant to what I was doing. It is only a week :shrug:

Same here.

[MaryBeth]

OK. Well, regarding your clean eating,...if I stick to my plan (from Erik) is that the same thing? Or do I eat each day like my off days which entails no carbs other than the veggies?

I am so confused and don't want to be non-compliant to my plan. Suggestions?

[Noel Clark]

I would say..try not to stress too much about this. I would probably eat less carbs than a normal training day but not 0.

[MaryBeth]

I would say..try not to stress too much about this. I would probably eat less carbs than a normal training day but not 0.

Thanks Noel. I feel like a pain in the butt asking Erik a zillion and one questions. But I don't want to gain weight nor do I want to go backwards from the work I've done so far.

Again. Thanks. :hug:

[Erik]

Thanks Noel. I feel like a pain in the butt asking Erik a zillion and one questions. But I don't want to gain weight nor do I want to go backwards from the work I've done so far.

Again. Thanks. :hug:

You can ask me questions any time you want. :)

And you're not going to go backwards in a week. And you're not going to gain fat when eating in a deficit.

[Cindy Day]

The week will do you tons of good and zero harm MaryBeth. :thumb:

6 days?

[Ana]

The week will do you tons of good and zero harm MaryBeth. :thumb:

6 days?

:yeahthat:

You will come back re energized and stronger :lifter:

[lchristine100]

I am on my 9th day off! WOW haha. I did not plan to get sick, so my time off was extended quite a bit. I needed it though- my life is so scheduled and being a grad student I get quite a long vacation over christmas and it just makes me even more pumped to get back into the swing of things!