4x7 question

[hideouse]

When undertaking a 4x7 cycle, if one adds a rest day should that be in lieu of a moderate day? or add the rest i between scheduled efforts, thus increasing the number of days total spent? I seem to take a lot of rest days and I'm feeling like I'm disrupting my efforts.
At the time I take these days off I don't feel like I'm slacking off. But comparing my efforts to my peers here I'm not getting much done and it's starting to bother me a little.

[Coach Bentz]

Maybe more important than when to insert a rest day, which for me is 'when necessary', can you detect any pattern that's cropping up as to why you have to keep adding them? Is it illness, fatigue, feeling of impending injury, motivation, work/family obligations, anything like that? There might be some very useful feedback your body is giving you.

I've noticed that simply going too hard on moderate days can accumulate in unplanned rest days down the road.

[Jarlo Ilano]

I've noticed that simply going too hard on moderate days can accumulate in unplanned rest days down the road.

I second that observation. It took me a couple 4 x 7s to really figure out my true moderate.

[hideouse]

I might be overdoing it on my moderate days. Since I've been back from NU my diet has been iffy both in content and timing. I'm back on night shift, after acclimating to day shift for NU, perhaps that's a contributing factor. I noticed that last night I felt good and did as well as I've ever done but for the lingering plantar fasciitis that still nags at me. For the last three weeks I've been fatigued and sleeping a lot when I do get to bed, which takes away from my time with the family, increasing the stress load on everyone in the house. I'm starting to teach a little, and the owners of the facility want me to start a twice a week class, which is exciting and scary, and worst of all, I've got to find the courage to ask for money for my instruction.
Okay, now it's starting to make sense.
Brian, Jarlo, thanks for your comments, I don't think I'd have made these connections without your help.
Making my moderate days truly moderate will make my need for additional rest days diminish if not eliminate them altogether, allowing me to stick to the planned schedule. IN his blogging of his experience with Albero Crane Coach Sonnon makes the point of not using up all one's gas when feeling good, so as to allow one to train again tomorrow. I must keep this in mind.

[Coach Gostnell]

worst of all, I've got to find the courage to ask for money for my instruction.

Been there, know that. What's helped me overcome the reluctance is using Quicken to keep track of how much I've invested in my RMAX education these past 4 or 5 years. (Aside from the "sweat equity" and there's been plenty of that, too!)

Another mental...trick, if you will, I use on myself is to remember that when I need someone's help and expertise (such as my massage therapist) to achieve a goal, I find the money to make it so. If things are tight, I can usually find something not so necessary to do without for awhile. Why should we expect less of someone else who is truly motivated? Have a great time with your classes, Martin, & hope your work/sleep schedule straightens out soon.

[hideouse]

Why should we expect less of someone else who is truly motivated?
Thanks Jeanne. Lori, the partner I'm working with at the gym, makes the point that selling services inexpensively makes them seem cheap, and often attracts uncommitted clients. I'm having to repeat that to myself, and Lori is being very helpful in teaching me the value of what I have to share. I gotta cultivate some confidence.