Week off during a cycle?

[sumopatrol]

Ok, went to do chest today and my tricep started killing me. Couldn't even make it through the workout. So I stopped before I risked hurting it. Question is, would taking a week off completely and giving my body a week to heal up be a bad idea? I know when I'm off, I normally schedule a week off about every 7 weeks.
Seems like it might not be a bad idea, my only question is should I keep my calorie intake as high as when I was training? Any thoughts?

 

[lonewolf13]

in my experience you should keep it just as high. resting for one week would allow you to come back stronger than ever.

 

[tjkita]

week off for tricepts

A week off from everything or from tricepts? I would just focus on other muscle groups instead for a week or just do cardio but that's me. imo