Unlock Your Glutes PDF guide free download. I’m always amazed at how I tell my clients to rest when they are sick, but somehow I don’t believe the same rules apply to me. It’s also amazing how mentally awful I am at being sick, all I have been thinking about the past two days is how all my hard work over the past 6 months is going to be derailed as a result of this. Truth: it’s not. But I’m hard on myself and constantly fighting my urge to overtrain. So I will keep repeating this to myself: “Workouts are where you break yourself down, rest is when you get stronger”. Rest is more important than the actual training, and listening to your body is essential. If all you do is workout, the body never has a chance to improve.