The importance of rest in training cannot be overstated even if it doesn’t get talked about enough. Many people train too hard too often, often overtraining. Factually, they would benefit from more recovery both in an acute (day to day) and long term sense. In general, I recommend most take 1-2 days of rest from training. But that raises the question: is active rest or passive rest superior from a recovery standpoint.
Defining Active and Passive Rest
First some definitions. Passive rest should be pretty easy to understand, on a passive rest day you do nothing. No training at all. Some might allow for something like a brisk walk. But basically this is a day completely off. Sit around, do nothing, relax, recover. I don’t have much else to say about passive rest beyond that for the time being but I’ll come back to it near the end of this article.… Keep Reading