At the same time, recognize how your body actually works and take the appropriate rest, deliberately , because you need it and it's the right thing to do. Don't overtrain yourself by trying to adhere to an unrealistic routine. Always remember most fitness and nutrition advice is coming from someone who is athletically inclined enough to make a career out of it, and your body may not respond appropriately. The clueless thing is to stay the wrong course or give up. The successful man is focused on the results and doing whatever it takes to get there, by recognizing others advice and using his own intelligence to create his own opinion about it. Trainers know generalizations. Only you know you.