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 Yeah, I’ve also heard it takes 2 weeks of rest for muscles to break down. So a couple of days is nada to rest and then work on other muscles 
 I think 2 weeks is the max. It really depends on your genetics, diet, and lifestyle. If you’re eating clean food, have good genetics, and are getting good sleep then one week is probably fine. But always listen to your body. If you need to go to the gym but you’re feeling tired and lazy then you might need more rest. If you’re still feeling lazy after 1.5-2 weeks then you might just be lazy and need to go anyway lmao 
 Nah I’m not taking more than 1 day rest (unless I’m pain). And even on rest day I will get in a 30 to 45 min walk.
If I rest 2 days, it starts getting hard going back in routine 
 You need to rest or your body will start break down actual muscle for energy. And at some point you’ll get depressed too. You can’t brute force health brother. 
 https://youtu.be/hZ7GJ4rxamc 
 Oh nah w mixing it up, it’s not just weights. Even weights it’s light but but additional number of reps.
It’s 2-3 days and then 1 day rest. There’s leg days, cycling, elliptical, jogging, swimming. It’s 2 variations per training day. I’m not trying to get big. Even my diet is well rounded.
My diet and routine had to be this way or I will bore out 
 Good luck with that! 
 I’m three months in, I’ll take a few days off soon enough