Bodybuilding - Is Your Workout Making You Sick
What is overtraining? Quite plainly, overtraining occurs when the amount of exercise we do goes beyond our capacity to recover from it. Pushing yourself too hard is way more common than most people realize.
There is a drive in many of us when we're just starting out to want to move beyond the "beginner" level. We want to push ourselves into the "advanced" category as quickly as possible, and get fitter and better and we want it now, now, now! But it isn't just newcomers to fitness who push themselves too far.
I've often seen seasoned athletes overtrain. Bodybuilders are often guilty of overtraining when they are preparing for a contest. They feel they need to work as hard as possible to be as ripped as possible, when in reality they need to tone down their exertion levels because they're taking in fewer calories during their pre-contest diet. Anyone can get caught up in doing too much, athletes and average folk alike.
So how do you know if you may be overtraining? Here are a few of the most common symptoms:
Fatigue
General Aches And Pains
Muscle Soreness
Joint Pain
Increased Resting Heart Rate
Trouble Sleeping
Loss Of Enthusiasm For Working Out
Headaches
Decreased Immunity
Fever
Decreased Athletic Performance
Any of this sound familiar? Never fear. It's easy to counteract the effects of overtraining. Rest! A common mistake people make is to keep pushing through the pain and fatigue, thinking they will lose all the progress they've made if they were to take a break.
There is a drive in many of us when we're just starting out to want to move beyond the "beginner" level. We want to push ourselves into the "advanced" category as quickly as possible, and get fitter and better and we want it now, now, now! But it isn't just newcomers to fitness who push themselves too far.
I've often seen seasoned athletes overtrain. Bodybuilders are often guilty of overtraining when they are preparing for a contest. They feel they need to work as hard as possible to be as ripped as possible, when in reality they need to tone down their exertion levels because they're taking in fewer calories during their pre-contest diet. Anyone can get caught up in doing too much, athletes and average folk alike.
So how do you know if you may be overtraining? Here are a few of the most common symptoms:
Fatigue
General Aches And Pains
Muscle Soreness
Joint Pain
Increased Resting Heart Rate
Trouble Sleeping
Loss Of Enthusiasm For Working Out
Headaches
Decreased Immunity
Fever
Decreased Athletic Performance
Any of this sound familiar? Never fear. It's easy to counteract the effects of overtraining. Rest! A common mistake people make is to keep pushing through the pain and fatigue, thinking they will lose all the progress they've made if they were to take a break.
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