Originally Posted by
Iride01
There is a time to listen to your body, and a time to tell it what to do. Sounds like your body is overly dominant and wins the argument too many times.
Resting your body doesn't mean doing nothing. Just means don't ride all out HR busting pace for a day or so. You can ride a easy leisurely pace for an hour or two. Just tell your body to get off it's duff and out there.
Indeed, not sure about cycling because yes you run the same routes again but so many other factors influencing it, but in the gym, I sometimes had my greatest improvements the week after resting for a week.