{"id":378,"date":"2025-05-10T23:10:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T23:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/?p=378"},"modified":"2025-07-01T23:16:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T23:16:08","slug":"why-rest-days-are-when-you-grow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/10\/why-rest-days-are-when-you-grow\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Rest Days Are When You Grow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/may25.1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/may25.1.webp 350w, https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/may25.1-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/may25.1-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When I first started training, I thought more was better. More workouts, less rest. But I was wrong\u2014and burned out. Muscle growth happens during recovery, not during the workout itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, I train hard 4\u20135 days a week and build in active rest days with light walking, mobility, or just pure rest. I listen to my body. Soreness isn\u2019t a badge\u2014it\u2019s a message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rest days are where the magic happens. Your body repairs, rebuilds, and gets stronger. Don\u2019t skip them. They\u2019re part of the plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jean Paul Rivas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I first started training, I thought more was better. More workouts, less rest. But I was wrong\u2014and burned out. Muscle growth happens during recovery, not during the workout itself. Now, I train hard 4\u20135 days a week and build in active rest days with light walking, mobility, or just pure rest. I listen to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[26],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":386,"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378\/revisions\/386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}