Don’t Make This Mistake!! - Why You Need Days Off

Just ride me, baby. What's up, guys? Coach Easton here. I got a question from one of my players on our private basketball training group asking about rest days. He was saying that he really tends to beat himself up whenever he takes a rest day. Even though he works really hard the rest of his days, he can't seem to be able to take time off to rest and recover. And he asked me what my opinion was and how he could take a rest day without feeling bad about it. And that leads into another question that a lot of players will ask, which is, do I need to take days off? Because you hear the common phrase no days off. Today we're going to talk about whether or not that's actually true, whether or not you really should be taking no days off. The first thing you need to understand is that there's a lot more to being great at basketball than just how you train. Training is one aspect of it, but another part of it is you're sleeping, your nutrition, and also how you rest and how you recover. Those are the four most important categories when it comes to you as a basketball player. And if you have any of those categories off, you're not going to be developing or playing at your highest potential. So let's talk about rest. What does that mean, mean exactly? Well, your body can only go at 100% for so long before it needs time to rest and recover. Something that's commonly sold to us is that you need to be going at 100% 24,7. There's no time for downtime. You got to constantly be out working everybody, and there's absolutely no time to rest. But like I said before, that's one of the four main categories of you developing as a player. All your training is for nothing if you don't have time to rest and recover. Let's take lifting weights, for example. If you're in the gym lifting weights and you do the same grueling workout every single day, eventually your. Your body is just going to break down, get injured, or just stop developing because you don't have any time to recover. You're not taking days off so that your body can recover and regenerate the muscles so that they come back stronger. It's really a waste of time and honestly, not good for you. It's similar in basketball, but let me explain to you how it's a little bit different. If you go through really, really tough workouts every day, especially in season when you have gains too, you're going to have to take days off occasionally. Now, that might look different for every person. That might mean one day off, two days off, whatever. But there are things you can do on your off days that still allow you to get work in but not be taxing on your body. For example, on your day off, that could just mean that you go to the gym and you get form shots and some stationary ball handling done. That could be your off day. You don't necessarily have to take a day off, but you should have at least one day a week where you take it a little bit lighter and allow your body to recover a little bit. Your off day could also mean that maybe you do some stretching, go for a light jog. There's a bunch of different things that you can do that are going to allow your body to recover, but at the same time still allow you to work on your skills. When people say no days off, a lot of times they think that means that they need to be going 100% every single day. But you can't do that. At some point, you're going to need to take it slow for a day or two so your body can get back up to 100%. Because even if you put in really good work every single day, if you don't take any days to recover, your body will never be at 100%. That means you're never going to be playing at your highest potential. So you need to make sure that periodically, whether that means once or twice a week, you take a day off. Which again, doesn't have to mean you do nothing. It just means you take a lighter day to do that work. A great example of a light day would be that maybe you get up, you go to the gym, do some stretching, some foam rolling, then you get in some form shots, some light stationary shooting, and then some stationary ball handling. And then maybe later in the day you go and watch film. That's a great example of a lighter day that's going to allow you to actively recover and help your body to rest up a little bit. But at the same time, you can stay in the gym and you can still get your you're working. It's just lighter and allows you to recover better. I got this question from one of my players in our private basketball training group. If you guys also want to be a part of this group, go ahead and click the link in my description. It's 100% free. Inside this group, I'm giving you guys free workouts, personal coaching for me, and a lot of exclusive stuff you're not going to get anywhere else. So like I said, completely free link is in my description. I'll see you guys in there. 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