Rest days are an important part of any workout routine, since they help you to save your energy for future training days. But what counts as rest, exactly—do you need to avoid all exercise?

When you’ve been hitting it hard in the gym and are seeing results, it can be tempting to skip your rest days. However, the more you get into this habit, the more likely your progress will stall ...

With fitness culture too often celebrating extreme training and a “no days off” mentality, rest is routinely misunderstood or overlooked entirely. If you’re constantly sore, stiff or stuck ...

I still want to dive back in the next day and push myself harder. And while scaling back isn’t in my nature, I’ve learned that rest is an essential part of any training routine—after all ...

By Talya Minsberg Rest is an important piece of any exercise routine, and on some days all your body needs is a long lounge on the couch. But active recovery, which falls somewhere between a full ...