Dr. Andrew Huberman

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I take one week off every, say, 14 to 16 weeks.

I just don't lift on purpose.

Sometimes life events dictate that,

most often it's deliberate, it's scheduled.

And I do it,

because it keeps things fresh and I noticed it hasn't hurt me, but what are your thoughts on layoffs of a week or longer in terms of them being beneficial?

I mean, I will say if I go much longer than a week, like I've gone 10 days before and then I'm just going crazy, I want to get back in the gym and train and I'm doing other things.

I'm running, I'm doing exercise, I'm moving.

Or if I'm on vacation, typically I'm walking a ton, like,

40,000 steps a day.

Like I'm backpacking or I'm doing some other movement of some kind.

But if I take more than 10 days off, I then start to notice that my urge to train actually starts to diminish again.

And then I start training again and it kind of comes back.

So there's clearly something there and everybody's different.

But what are your thoughts on layoffs of a week or longer?

Are you okay with your client saying, you know, I'm going to take a week off and go to Hawaii and I'm just not going to lift.

I'm just going to lay around on the beach and have a good time.

Or, you know, what are your thoughts on extended layoffs?

I would say learn to enjoy training hard, which means different things for different people.