Training has many benefits and recovery is part of it. Improved cardiovascular fitness, defined muscles, reduced risk of many diseases and the physical benefits such as improved physical appearance. Sometimes we all can get caught up in the looking good aspects of training rather than doing it for better health and forget to take time for rest. Or perhaps, you may fear loosing what you've gained so you don't take time off. In fact, taking a day or two off for rest is a good thing. Especially when you find yourself prone to injuries. Training the same muscle groups every day is a sure way to injury yourself or plateau. Changing your routine whether it’s training different muscle groups on different days, changing the amount of reps, sets, exercises and weights can all help prevent your chances of hitting the “wall.”
Taking time off for rest will allow your muscles time to recover. And as far as loosing what you gained, that takes time. Granted if you take a few weeks off from training, you will have to gradually build yourself back up to get to where you were. From my experience with training clients, I have seen many of them get back up to speed in as little a week. This of course varies from individual to individual.
Another important thing to keep in mind is to make sure you have sufficient fuel in your body to aid in recovery. Your diet should be balanced in carbohydrates, protein and fats. Protein does help with muscle recovery but more is not better. Just like any calorie, if you eat too many, (more than your daily requirement) regardless of the source, it to will be stored as fat.
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