How to Know If You Need a Rest Day | Dr. Andy Galpin & Dr. Andrew Huberman

Are we doing a modified , lower version , lower intensity ? Um My default generally , if hypertrophy is the goal , remember , volume is the driver there . So if I can like , can we get in , can we go real light ?

How to Know If You Need a Rest Day | Dr. Andy Galpin & Dr. Andrew Huberman

Let's go to six out of 10 R pe so relative perceived exertion , um Maybe we'll reduce the range of motion , maybe we'll make it a little bit easier , maybe go to machines or instead of going a squat , we'll just do you know , uh leg extensions , something like that . But I wanna still get enough volume in there that will keep you on target . And again , even going at 50% not , not to high repetition , you know , 50% for a set of 10 , 3 sets , just get a nice blood flow in there , get it in , get it out , aid in recovery and then move on and come back the next day .

How to Know If You Need a Rest Day | Dr. Andy Galpin & Dr. Andrew Huberman

But I wanna still get enough volume in there that will keep you on target . And again , even going at 50% not , not to high repetition , you know , 50% for a set of 10 , 3 sets , just get a nice blood flow in there , get it in , get it out , aid in recovery and then move on and come back the next day . That's probably what I would do rather than canning the entire session .

How to Know If You Need a Rest Day | Dr. Andy Galpin & Dr. Andrew Huberman

So um those are actually some markers that we like a lot . If muscle damage is uh the thing we're concerned with , if we are more concerned with things like total training volume , systemic overload , then we may turn to something more like sleep . There's a lot of information we can actually get glain from changes in sleep , um behavior and function .

How to Know If You Need a Rest Day | Dr. Andy Galpin & Dr. Andrew Huberman

How should people think about systemic damage and recovery ? Because obviously the nervous system and the way it interacts with the neuromuscular system is the site of all the action here or at least a lot of the action and the nervous system can in fact become fatigued , you know , that has a great capacity .