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

I'm assuming that that's the goal in mind here here . I'm asking specifically within the context of hypertrophy , I realized that for other training goals , the answer to this question could be quite different . OK .

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

Sure . So I want to actually tackle this because we're on the topic of hypertrophy . I'm assuming that that's the goal in mind here here .

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

So um that's actually a sneaky good indicator of just total muscle mass . Um because the vast majority of that's gonna be in muscle . So um those are actually some markers that we like a lot .