How do you know if your over training your body?

[Anonymous]

I’m so used to going to the gym every day I forget to take a day off. Even tho I feel a little tired I can still go I just don’t know if I’m doing more harm then good

[D_Bone_Steak]

I'm because I'm wondering as well about the same question. I do the home gym thing. I think, the only time I was feeling overtraining was when I was cutting out carbs BIG TIME, and there would be days I go to lift and I... just couldn't do it. I was like weak with no energy.

The only other time I've felt that was every time I'd try to take creatine. I've tried many different times (over 10 years) because people seem to claim it's the shit, but it does jack shit for me... just makes me weak, lift less, and no energy.

[Anonymous]

I was legit sick of being fat, so I spent THE most hardcore summer ever working out---long runs, weight lifting, yoga, basketball, swimming, HIIT classes, cycling, you name it. I'd workout 3 hours a day, 1.5 in the morning and 1.5 at night. Results were great at first, but after a while, you can tell by lack of performance or literal pain, that you've gone too hard. Your body can only do what it can and at a certain point, you won't be able to push anymore due to extended bouts of exhaustion and muscle fatigue. You can get over this, by no surprise, giving your body a break with a few days off or doing very low intensity workouts like a walk or some gentle stretching. If you're going too hardcore, you might need to alter your training routine altogether or see a trainer who can better manage you. If you're used to working out and you're more in tune with your body, odds are, if you are asking this question, you need to take a bit of a break.

[Sour-rose]

-Your body has no time to rest to heal.
-gym is home instead of just gym
-you're swole af to the point you're scaring scaring the ladies because you could probably snap their neck without much effort
-the gains actually don't feel good

[chris_987]

Lol women know nothing about training. If a guy has maxed out his genetics potential, you've rationalized that as a bad thing. I bet you also feel like technology is bad

[Sour-rose]

@chris_987 Mmmhhm. Anyways, how's yo day today? Cold as antartica?

[chris_987]

29 degrees so it's pretty mild

[chris_987]

Why does everyone know where I live?

[Sour-rose]

@chris_987 Well look at that... opposite to where I live and I'm right.

[chris_987]

Why, where do you live

[Sour-rose]

@chris_987 One of the states of hell.
Florida.

[chris_987]

I was just there in Apr and yeah it was hot. I can only imagine how much worst it is now. What part of Florida are you from

[Sour-rose]

@chris_987 Hialeah gardens

[chris_987]

Never been there, I only know about Tampa, Clearwater and Jacksonville

[WindAtMyBack]

Fuck min-maxing. Just do what you want and feels good to you. Don't think so hard about it and do what you like. If you want to work out every day then do it. As far as I'm concerned, if results are the end goal then you're doing it for the wrong reasons.

[jahaims]

When you are having diminishing returns. Don't train the same muscle group two days in a row. Taking a break could actually help you gain mass. Muscle gets bigger because they tear and then rebuild bigger. If you don't give them adequate time to repair you will have diminishing returns.

[shaysh87]

when you struggle to continue doing the workout properly as you normally would, you feel like you can get injured during exercise, fatigue even before you begin the workout, muscle soreness, you can't do certain exercises anymore without pain.

[chris_987]

This is the closest I've seen to a decent answer

[shaysh87]

@chris_987

I used to workout 6 days a week. Thats how i know

[chris_987]

Most girls don't know how to workout they just go on the treadmill for 2 hours and they think they can tell men not to lift weights

[shaysh87]

@chris_987

Exercise is Exercise regardless if weights or treadmill

I lift weights too

[chris_987]

Weights are for Superior to steady state cardio in my opinion

[shaysh87]

@chris_987

I think both are important. If you're trying to lose fat, cardio is necessary. For shape, weights is necessary

[chris_987]

That's not true, to lose weight you need to lower your insulin. So you can lift weights and do all the Cardio. But if your blood sugar is still high no weight will be shed

[shaysh87]

@chris_987

Cardio sheds fat. Weight lifting does not.

each serves its own purpose. you can't say that cardio doesn't mean anything while weights are everything. thats not the way it works.

[chris_987]

Cardio doesn't burn fat when you insulin is high. If you do cardio and you haven't lowered you insulin resistance your body is running off sugar instead of fat.

See the thing about the internet I've realized that it's a place where people go to debate each other not to learn something new. The way your talking about loosing weight is the same way people believe weight lost work in the 80's. There's new research into how people actually burn fat and the fact that your not even willing to admit someone might know alittle more than you in that area is proving my point about how people view the internet.

Do you know what insulin resistance is?

[shaysh87]

@chris_987

But your original point was cardio means nothing. I’m sure weight lifting also means nothing if your insulin is high

[chris_987]

Yeah both are void that why it's hard for diabetics to lose weight, they store fat very easily

[ZenoZoldyck]

Are you skinny If yes then put on your mind the more hours or hard work you do in gym the more Food High calories you need , so Just eat more than 3k calorie a day at least and get enough rest, and you know everything take time don't over-push yourself

[Pinay_ako]

Exhaustion. Sore, aching muscles and joints. You need to give your body time to rest and recover at least 2 times a week.

[sheikalana]

When you feel like throwing up for pushing yourself too hard.

[Anonymous]

When you aren’t recovering as quick as you normally would, when you have joint pains or your muscles get fatigued quickly, or when you aren’t seeing any more gains. Eventually your body will just crash and force you to get some rest…

[chris_987]

The real answer is. When you're injuring yourself and the easiest weight. When you overtrain and don't heal properly you can tear muscle just by walking bad. That's and extreme case but it does happen

[Opinion Owner]

@chris_987 yep you’re right but that’s pretty much too late already, there are other signs that indicates over training other than an actual tear or injury caused by minimal training

[hellacray]

If you're overtraining you'd know.

If you are going everyday you should alternate between light workout days. You don't want to be going 100 everyday.

[JUSS-SCAR]

Having a deload week once every 5 weeks or so is good for your body.

[jennifer_bloom]

If your over training you will feel tired like you can’t take it anymore

[VRCXZ]

Usually, it ends up being limited to just being tired. In more serious cases, it could be overcompensating, like when you are training too much but end up getting injured as a result.

[maximumpower]

sure signs: no muscle shrinkage or no/low growth and chronic fatigue.
change your diet and routine - knock it down to nmt 90 minutes, 5 days a week.
seek out a personal trainer.

[Andro36]

constant sore is a sign. I was reading the other day no pain is necessary to gain muscle, I mean not always. You can tire your muscles so much they will never grow

[exitseven]

if your training seems to be a hitting a plateau you might be over training.

[Dontaaaa]

If you wake up so sore that you can't even move your body like you wanna.

[Iron_Man]

Take three days off if you feel like a champion and have energy then you’re doing perfectly if you still feel rundown then you’re overdoing it

[Ihatethewill]

Feelling unnecessarily fatigued during the workout

[Anonymous]

It SOUNDS like you're overtraining.

[fireforeffect]

Injuries.