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Originally Posted by Yendor
Unfortunately being too active is referred to as over training. The plateaus you hit may be because your body can no longer repair itself fast enough. Keep in mind a rest day is a day that your body is repairing itself.
My background, at 18 yr old when I joined the Navy I was 114 lbs. <That's not a typo. When I left the Navy I was a trim 145 (good weight for someone my height). When I moved to MN I began my quest to get big naturally. I was obsessed with getting bigger to the point that I was over training and eventually did some damage to my shoulder. Thankfully I did not require surgery. Long story short, I found out that the rest days are just as important as the workout days. I didn't reach a workout muscle head weight of 180 by mismanaging my training days, my downfall was over training and getting burned out. 2 days off a week will not hurt you, it may help. After my injury I rehabbed with pushups, no weights for a month. I felt good enough to lift again and I was stronger than pre-injury.
I suggest doing some reading on the importance of real rest days.
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Rest is very important. Once you start to plateau, it might benefit you to take a couple of days free of any exercise, and maybe even give yourself a week of lighter exercise before coming back to the routine. If you look at the P90X or similar programs, they recommend 3 weeks of a hard schedule followed by a light week. That light week is giving the body a chance to catch up.