Absolutely something I have tousled with and too have learned through injury, burn out etc. My rule of thumb/guide is as follows: 1. When it comes down to frequency of workouts - the goal is to move frequently but in terms of what that movement is will change from week to week depending on the many many factors that influence our body’s needs/recovery. A good rule is move daily, but that can be as simple as a 30 min walk. When you set the standard of movement, how the movement looks can shift but your consistency of moving doesn’t. 2. “Weeks” are imaginary time stamps when it comes to the bigger picture of our body and its progress… we can use the measure of a week to help keep up motivated, disciplined and on track (because we know how busy life can get and in turn how fast days can pass), but they are not the determining factor to results. Our body doesn’t know the difference between Monday or Saturday… it just knows your day to day circadian rhythm. 3. Recovery is part of training as much as “the work is”… but I get how hard it is to stay motivated if you are an “all or nothing” type of person … so in that case it’s just about taking your recovery as serious as your training and make it something you hold discipline with as well. Making recovery productive can look like scheduling or mapping out mobility sessions, cold plunges, epsom salt baths, getting a massage, starting a breath work routine (coming to the community very soon) etc. 4. Stress is stress. Working out is a stressor for the body, a positive one, but it is a stressor. If you are a computer and you have 20 tabs open, take 21st tab you open could just be the one to shut your computer down. Recognizing when you have other stressors is so important to recognize them and give the body what it needs before you ask for more. Sleep is honestly one of the most important of all of them. If you are running low on sleep AND have a long stressful today, switching a hard workout to maybe a nice stretch is going to help you more in the long run.