Christmas workout holiday.

[waycat]

Hello all,
I workout at the gym 7 days a week, with a rest day just here and there when my body is really crying out for it.

I am an early morning exerciser, getting to the gym every morning at the 6.00 am opening time.

Over Christmas until 2nd January my gym is putting back opening until 7.00 am. Now call me obsessive, but I’m such a stickler for routine that the hours’ wait will really throw me out in terms of how I feel about working out, not to mention the knock-on effect for the rest of my day.
I am trying to decide whether to use a 24 hour gym for the Christmas period, and then return to my regular gym on 2nd January when normal opening resumes.......or do I use this time to take a complete rest from working out, replenish my reserves and give my body the break it probably needs? My theory is if I do that, despite the feelings of laziness and beating myself up with guilt, when I do return to the gym I should hopefully be ready and raring to go.

Or do I just go to the 24 hour gym and keep working out as I have been doing, to save my sanity and that of my long -suffering husband, who will have to cope with my moods?!

I guess in a nutshell I’m pretty terrified of putting on weight and / or losing fitness if I have a break for just over a week. Any experts out there that can put my poor confused mind at rest? Thanks!

If you lift weights then your body will really benefit from a break. That's why weightlifters do deload week every 6 weeks. You'll come back stronger.

Why not just commit to working out two or three times that week as a happy medium? Don't forget as well that it's all in your head. Your body will not melt with a week off exercise but a couple of sessions will be good for your mental health.

There’s a lot of language in your post that’s a bit worrisome, OP. “Terrified” of a week’s break? That’s a bit of a scary attitude.

Go at 7am or just go every other day. Your body will appreciate the rest.

You should always have at least one rest day a week anyway. Otherwise your body can’t make the gains in muscle development that you want.

Mines shut for ten days for a refurb..

Tbh your relationship doesn't sound healthy op.

Many thanks for taking the time to reply everyone.

After re-reading my post and also your replies and comments, I realise now how obsessed and somewhat irrational I must seem.
Of course deep down my sensible head is telling me a week off isn’t going to kill me or result in the end of the world. But there is a nagging peristant voice that keeps popping up, causing me to create all kinds of scenarios whereby I wake up one morning and all of a sudden have put on stones in weight and can’t get up the stairs without puffing and panting! Daft right?
I have thought and thought and have decided to take on board all your sensible comments and points of advice. From Christmas Eve, I shall taper down my gym sessions, take Christmas Day and Boxing Day off all together, and go for a workout on 2 or 3 days between Christmas and New Year.
I figure that by doing this, I reach a happy medium: I can keep ‘ticking over’ to make sure my mind is satisfied, but at the same time my body is getting a well-earned break in that my workouts will be less intense and less frequent than usual.
I’m hoping that by doing this I am able to use the time to reflect and re-evaluate my priorities where exercise is concerned, and hopefully develop a more healthy and sensible attitude towards what my mind and body need to stay healthy for the long term.
Thank you all again - sometime it takes views and opinions from others to help me make the right decision and accept things for what they are.