Can you work out too much?

[juststrollin]

And not lose fat? I have a extremely high percentage for my age and Im skinny fat, its been getting better lately though

(like a saggy stomach large arms bleh but normal weight and small frame).

I read that somewhere, doing too much cardio is bad, I've done 1 and a half hours of cardio in 3 days... but I feel stressed now and like running on a treadmill for another half hour (I do at a moderate jogging/running speed in intervals)

Will this effect my body negatively?

I've also done some arm excercises like bicep things, and sit ups, and some squats with weights (but only like 15 per time lol...)

am i good?

[Maypai]

I feel like you can. I used to work out almost everyday of the week and I realized that I was building muscle but not losing fat. Now I work out about 3-4 times a week and I'm not as burned out. And my schedule doesn't revolve around exercise anymore. That way I feel your body has time to rest (because it does) and isn't in a constant cycle of movement. I'm not an expert so I'm not sure why, but it seems the more strain you put on your body the less fat you burn. In my case at least.

[juststrollin]

Oh yeah the muscle gain and not fat loss would do it, hm its so difficult to find a balance lol

[yourmomma3787]

you're throwing your body into shock. If its not used to working out/eating right itll go into "omg whats happening" mode.

[Xfitchick]

Yes, you can workout too much. But fat burning also requires a special workout, just like muscle building or strength training. To burn fat, you need low intensity cardio for long periods, like your 1.5 h. You can do that every day, but its better to have a rest day in between. High intensity circuit training will also help to stimulate fat burning. Same with weight training. The muscle groups that are trained til soreness need at least 24h to recover.

[juststrollin]

I meant high intensity interval 1.5 hr of cardio for the week lol i read on a trainers website to burn fat that i shouldn't go past that number :/ but an hour and a half of walking or jogging per day is interesting?

[Xfitchick]

Yes, walking and jogging for long times are good fat burners because they are low intensity cardio (if you don't jog in your red heart beat zone of course). And you can do those often since they don't damage muscle tissue as does weight training or high intensity

[Xfitchick]

thanks

[deltic]

you must keep your food intake in check too... both quality and quantity...
... if you stack up on pancakes and coke excerise won't reduce your bottom line

[JohnPackage]

Too much workout can be bad.

New research points out that working out is not as important as good dieting, when it comes to weight loss.

[Meghan87]

Doing an abundance of cardio will never have a negative effect as it torches calories. However, the most effective way to burn calories is through weight training. The heavier the weight, the better. 15 reps of certain exercises is good, but three sets of eight reps at a heavier weight will allow you to burn fat much faster.

[Danie1717]

yes overtraining is a real thing go checkout athlean x on YouTube over overtraining

[QuietRunner]

yes you can. Weight training is better for losing fat than just carido

[cupidkisses]

working out more then enough is not a good thing

[Decentguy]

i dont think so, but you should drink water more

[Anonymous]

Yah it's possible