Is there such a thing as exercising too much?

[Kellen21]

This week starts my holiday vacation and I'm planning to work my a** off. I plan on doubling my workout regiment. I'm going to workout 5 days a week twice a day. I'll do body weight exercises during the mornings and hit the gym and do cardio and weights. All workouts are about 1-2 hrs each. I am also dieting.

My friend says that this would be too hard on my body. My friend has a supermodel body and hardly works at maintaining it, I'm fat and hard workout harder than him when I have time (work & college) and get little results. He has never been overweight and has been blessed his entire life, so I don't believe a word he says.

Who is right? Me or my friend?

[funkadelic5]

Your friend, however genetically gifted, is right. You can definitely work out too much.

In fact, working out does not build muscle at all. Working out actually breaks your muscles down. It is the healing process of your body that re-fortifies your muscular tissues which builds the muscle. This means you need to not over-exert yourself and get proper rest and nutrition.

In terms of cardio it's rather difficult to go overboard. If you have the energy to jog for an hour or two than by all means go ahead. I would encourage you however, if weight loss is your goal, to make your diet is up to snuff first - it has a much larger impact than cardio ever will.

[rickyjoebobby]

yes, stress induced muscle damage ( rhabdomyolosis ) is very real, and if you ever start peeing a tea colored urine, it's time to go to a hospital

the only thing that would cut fat in 2 weeks is liposuction, so get patient and stick to your plan.

[Anonymous]

Um yes that is too much! Your body can't cope with that much. You will just get tired , feel miserable, wear down your muscles. Plus working out too much will make you starving and you'll overeat.

[brunettebelle]

Yes there is such a thing, you can ruin your body if you do that, screw up your metabolism and damage a few other things.

[raptor]

It's very possible to exercise to much. Exercise breaks the body. It is when you are resting that you actually improve. Over exercising means your not giving your body enough time to improve.

[Anonymous]

If you're concerned with weight loss, it's 80% diet related.

[Anonymous]

Yes its called OCD. Seriously it is a problem you may have.