Cici Coleman Instagram – Let me quickly explain why rest and recovery is so important. Each time you train you cause microtears in the muscle which need time to recover; this done over long periods of time without rest can cause injury. Injury means little or no training, meaning no stress relief, decreased endorphins so our mood drops & shite sleep due to unused energy. Trust me, you wanna try an avoid injury as much as possible because it’s so very boring. Listening to your body when it needs a night off is ultimate self love. If you have been training for a while and it has become a part of your lifestyle, you will not undo your progress by having an evening or weekend off. And if you are exercising regularly, eating a balanced diet and feel like you have plateaud with your training, maybe you what you actually need is rest. . There have been moment in my training when I’ve been in a healthily calorie deficit, training my arse off but not able to progress or lose any more weight. When this has happened, my coach programmed a week off for me, the only thing I was allowed to do was walk. I hated it at the time but my god did I come back the following week with some fire. I smashed a a PB and then was able to get down to my goal weight. If you are told to rest, REST! This does not mean you switch your gym session for power yoga, it means chill the f out and watch some Netflix, especially if you are injured. @cici_onlinecoaching You will not regret your rest but you will your injury.