Although it’s important to exercise, you should remember to take rest. Exercise is addictive, once you start, you will want to exercise more.

Exercise should be taken in Moderation

But exercise like everything else should be taken in moderation. Too much exercise can work against you and without rest may have catastrophic effects, such as increased susceptibility to colds and infections, and weight loss. Rest days and recovery are important and necessary as part of any training programme.

Take rest days

When starting a new fitness regime, it’s important to take rest days between workouts. Substandard performances will be inevitable, if we fail to rest. However good you are, you need to allow the body’s muscles to recover from training.  Muscles need to recover. Over exertion can cause muscle strain.

Rest days play an important role

Rest days play an important role in helping us maintain our fitness and good health. Most studies indicate that rest and recovery between workouts are necessary for helping the body adapt and recuperate from the last workouts.

Exercise requires us to use our body’s energy stores and fluids, so rest and recovery give the body time to replenish these energy stores. Several studies have shown that the body needs at least 24 hours to fully replace our muscle’s store of carbohydrates.

Maintaining an adequate store of our body’s carbohydrate, is important for training and maintaining stable blood sugar levels. However, less time is required to recover our fluids.

What 'Exercise' studies show

Studies have found it takes around one to two hours to replace fluids lost as sweat during exercise. But bodies still require several hours of rest following exercise to maintain hydration – due to the continued production of urine. Training may also damage the body’s tissues.

In order for muscle to recover and improve they require several weeks of cycles of exercise and recovery. Research shows our bodies require a longer rest period in order to build muscle tissue. (Source: hulldailymailcouk)