44 Gym Rest Day Memes
By: Jeremy Fox, CNC, CPT – Published: July 5, 2022
Rest days are a necessary part of any workout plan. But days off often come with mixed emotions.
For some people, a rest day is a savior that can’t come soon enough. While for others, it’s the worst day of the week.
Whichever camp you’re in, these rest day memes will have you laughing all the way to the gym… or the couch.
Rest Day Feeling Memes
Rest days can evoke a range of feelings, from joy to depression. These memes capture the variety of rest day feels.
1. To-Do List
If this is what your to-do list looks like on rest day, you’re doing it right. But if you’re like me, rest day is when you get most of your random tasks and errands done.
2. Out Cold
Rest days are for sleeping in and napping like a champ. This little fella has got it down.
3. Finally Rest Day
The look of tired happiness when a much-needed rest day arrives.
4. Already Out of Shape
Even a single rest day has a way of making you feel out of shape.
5. Small & Weak
The day after rest day often feels like you lost all your gains.
6. Rest Day vs Leg Day
Taking too much pre-workout on leg day vs no pre-workout on leg day.
7. Dead Inside
Those of us who are addicted to the gym often feel empty on rest days. But we put on a brave face anyway.
8. That Sinking Feeling
You get out of bed thinking about what you’re going to train today only to realize it’s a rest day.
10. C’mon Coach
You know you’re hooked when you get disappointed about an extra rest day.
No Rest Day Memes
Some hardcore gym rats brag about taking no rest days. At the same time, others argue the importance of rest days for maximizing progress. The following rest day memes make fun of both sides.
11. Arnold Rests Every Day
This isn’t a direct quote, but I could see Arnold saying something like this.
12. Rest Muscle
If there were a rest muscle, Arnold would have developed it to the max.
13. Give the Weights a Rest
Ronnie Coleman lifted so hard the weights needed a day off from him!
14. Rest When You’re Dead
There’s always an evil twin in your head saying that you don’t need a rest day.
15. Molded by the Gym
Bane is apparently another advocate of working out every day.
16. That Look
The Rock doesn’t look too thrilled about taking a rest day either.
17. Worst Day of the Week
Many bodybuilders despise rest days and get the blues when they can’t work out.
18. Be Remembered
It indeed takes dedication and consistency to stand out from the crowd. But never taking a day off is counterproductive to your goals.
19. No Rest Days
Even Dwight seems to be jumping on the “no days off” band wagon.
20. False
This one is more like something Dwight would say because he’s all about delivering the facts.
21. Tell Me Again
When you’re forced to listen to someone talk about their “intense” workout routine and lack of days off.
Not Sure What to Do on Rest Day Memes
Rest days can be a bit confusing for those of us with a 6 or 7-day workout split. These rest day memes are all about being at a loss for what to do.
22. Arnold & Franco
The best way to be productive on a rest day is to plan your next workout day.
23. Thinking About Working Out
When I can’t sleep at night, it’s because I’m planning out the next day’s workout.
24. Not Sure What to Do
Just put your hands by your sides, Ricky.
25. Lifting Heavy & Eating Tacos
I’m here to lift heavy and eat tacos… and I’m all outta weights.
26. Idle Time
It looks like SpongeBob ponders life over a cup of coffee on his rest days.
27. Free Time
Technically, time spent thinking about what to do is still resting.
28. Looking for Something to Do
Kermit likes to get outside or at least look out the window on his rest days.
29. A Lot of Nothing
Sometimes rest day feels like a whole lot of sitting or standing around doing nothing.
Need A Rest Day Memes
Some weeks a rest day is a much-needed recovery from the beat down of heavy training. These rest day memes sum up what it’s like when you really need a day off.
30. I Declare…
When it’s not a rest day, but you desperately need it.
31. Looking Forward to Rest Day
Leg day always seems to have its own sinister plans for your future.
32. Walking Dead
How it feels when you’re overtraining and low on sleep.
33. Listen to Your Heart… Rate Monitor
The Whoop strap and other heart rate monitoring devices sometimes offer sage advice about when to take it easy.
Active Rest Day Memes
Not all rest days are lazy days spent lounging around. On the contrary, some people use “active rest days” as an excuse to keep working on their fitness.
34. Maybe Your Body Won’t Know
When you try to trick your body into thinking it’s a rest day when you’re really working out.
35. Cardio Day
Compared to intense resistance training workouts, low-intensity cardio feels like a breeze.
36. Lies
Speaking rest day into existence is great unless you’re a terrible liar.
37. Resist
You can’t spell resist without “rest.” And when you fail to resist the urge to workout, you fail to rest.
38. Going to the Gym
Rolling up to the gym on a rest day with all the confidence in the world. 😎
39. Shiny Object Syndrome
Some of us just don’t have the attention span for a rest day.
40. “Rest Day”
Others use the term “rest day” very, very loosely.
41. Decisions Were Made
Maybe you skip rest days simply because you’re indecisive.
42. Do it for the Crew
Or you might skip rest days simply to see your buddies at the gym.
43. Peer Pressure
FOMO is the number one cause of skipped rest days.
44. Cheating Gym Partner
When you finally take a rest day, and your gym partner trains legs without you.
Leg Day Memes
Keep the laughs going with 55+ leg day memes worthy of sharing with your friends.
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