Are days off essential?

[Ducatista]

Days off are essential! If you don't give your body a day to recover, you'll end up like me: in pain, fatigued, and ready to throw in the towel.

Only if I work as hard as you do.

Turns out days off aren't critical for me. My pace could generously be described as moderate—it's purely for butt-reducing purposes. My erg sessions aren't all that much more taxing on my body than my daily walks.

Now that the glacier is receding here in WI, recreational activities will probably interrupt my workouts anyway. But I'm not going to schedule time off, and if I row every day for three weeks or a month, I'm not going to worry about it.

[Liquid]

I think the intensity drives the need to rest. I'm going on 40 days straight averaging more than an hour per day but at a moderate pace. No complaints here.

[janni2525]

I am learning a lot from this message board. I wondered how often people worked out on their rowers and now I know. Thanks for the information. Take care. Norma