Thread: Do you ever replace gym days with something else?

Yeah Im replacing all of my gym days with non-gym days

Originally Posted by faithbrah

bout 3.50 times a week?

Nah that was my previous exercise frequency (srs)

Originally Posted by faithbrah

Not necessarily the right subforum, but it's the most active and we have quite a bit of random discussion here anyway.

I didn't feel like going to the gym for upper + lower hypertrophy workouts these last two days. Did some calisthenics in the rain for upper body yesterday and it felt pretty refreshing. Today was supposed to be leg day and I decided to go for a bike ride while listening to a podcast, went to the store on the same trip as well because I needed to buy stuff, then did some lower body stretching once I got home. It's not something I'd do every week as it'll obviously affect my gains in the long term, but doing it every now and then feels great.

So, do any of you ever replace gym days with something like bicycling, yoga, stretching etc.? How often do you do it and why?

Yeah, every now and then I feel like I need an extra recovery day in there... i also have days where I go golfing on a 'scheduled' lifting day, but that takes a lot out of me so I just golf and that's it.

Other times, i'll to some mobility stuff, etc, just out of random intuitive desire.

It doesn't happen super often, maybe 1-2 times a month or something... but it's a nice mental and physical break to avoid overuse and bordom.

I sub moving heavy furniture up and down flights of stairs for a gym day. The furniture moving operation isn't optional, it's mandatory for my side business.

Yes swimming or walking or just resting.