http://ironmantriathlontips.com/2009/01/28/triathlon-training-and-taking-a-day-off/ From Beginner to Elite - Strategies and Tips for Long Course Triathletes Tue, 17 Apr 2012 02:41:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://ironmantriathlontips.com/2009/01/28/triathlon-training-and-taking-a-day-off/#comment-1215 IronmanTips Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:33:03 +0000 http://ironmantriathlontips.com/?p=720#comment-1215 Absolutely. Taking a day off, or super easy, is very important so that your muscles have time to repair themselves and get stronger. Generally, a day off is taken to let all that work sink in, and/or so that you can be well rested going in to your next block of training. Sometimes a day off is as much about letting your mind recover as it is about letting your muscles recover too. Absolutely. Taking a day off, or super easy, is very important so that your muscles have time to repair themselves and get stronger. Generally, a day off is taken to let all that work sink in, and/or so that you can be well rested going in to your next block of training. Sometimes a day off is as much about letting your mind recover as it is about letting your muscles recover too.

]]> http://ironmantriathlontips.com/2009/01/28/triathlon-training-and-taking-a-day-off/#comment-1214 Jared Detroit Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:16:46 +0000 http://ironmantriathlontips.com/?p=720#comment-1214 I agree with you that you need to be flexible. A rest day is definitely a good idea because it gives you time to recover and perform better on your following trainings. Being flexible is good but just not ever taking a rest day is not good. I agree with you that you need to be flexible. A rest day is definitely a good idea because it gives you time to recover and perform better on your following trainings. Being flexible is good but just not ever taking a rest day is not good.

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