Your main priority should be completing your three strength workouts each week, but assuming you’re doing that, you can also do some additional lower intensity exercise on the other ‘off’ days of the week. I think it’s a good idea to give yourself at least one day completely off each week—sometimes two—but that gives you 2-3 days to get some additional exercise on top of the weight workouts.
Potential options include:
– Formal ‘gym’ cardio
– Walking
– Hiking
– Sports
– Mobility Circuits
– Stretching
– Yoga
– Pilates
– Swimming/Pool Work
This is your chance to add in other things that you enjoy because we don’t want your exercise routine to feel like a chore. While the strength workouts stay routine and consistent, the ‘off’ days are your chance to switch it up and incorporate different modes of activity that you enjoy.
The only rule here is that the activities you do on ‘off’ days shouldn’t be so hard that it leaves you sore and negatively impacts your scheduled strength workouts.
