Rest days on couch to 5 k

[Lawino]

When doing ct5k why do you need a days rest in between runs ?

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate]

Running is a high impact excersise, the muscles, particularly for us new runners need at least 48 hours to recover from the runs, the number one rule is not to run on consecutive days hence the non running days are essential.

[Lawino in reply to AlMorr]

Thank you , make a lot of sense. Are there any other activities that can be done on the non running days ??

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to Lawino]

Plenty, you can go walks 🚶, do 🧘‍♂️ yoga, planks, sit ups 🙃 , push ups, cycle 🚴 and some of the exercises you learned at school. 😊

[Lawino in reply to AlMorr]

Thank you

[IannodaTruffe Mentor]

As AlMorr has said, she you run, unlike low or non impact exercise, you create microtears in your muscles which repair and strengthen on your rest days, not while running. Without rest, repair and strengthening are compromised and injury risk consequently increased.

To be the best runner you can be do non impact cross training on your non run days. That will be more effective than running on consecutive days.

There is more information on this in the guide to the plan healthunlocked.com/couchto5...

[Lawino in reply to IannodaTruffe]

Thank you all

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate]

IannodaTruffe has said it all.. check out the FAQ post... rest days .. we need them

[Lawino in reply to Oldfloss]

Thank you