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Doing too much is one of the more common things in the health and fitness world. People will push past their limits and wonder why some things aren’t working.
Overreaching is just as bad, from a results standpoint, as underreaching. It’s much worse when you factor in joint health, central nervous system recovery, hormone imbalances. All these things will be affected from doing too much.
Signs of overreaching:
-Extreme soreness
-Fatigued
-Plateau/no results
-Aching joints
-Higher amounts of cravings
-Disrupted sleep
-Becoming more weak in certain exercises
In most cases there will be a continuous cycle of being so sore for days after a workout and just as sore leading into every workout after, creating even more soreness. Not giving the body proper time to recover and jumping right back into causing damage to the body.
This cycle skips one of the most important parts of exercise, adaptation. The cycle should look more like: Workout–>Recover–>Adapt–>Workout
We need to recover, we need to adapt, we need to do the appropriate amount of work.
What should I do to not overwork myself?
First thing is first, figure out a starting point. Yes, this will take some trial and error and a few workouts may not feel too intense, but that is the point. We want to start slow and see what you can handle.
So It may be six exercises, three sets, three days per week.
From there, if you feel good, recovered, and ready to go after a couple of weeks It is time to add some more work in. Maybe one or two exercises you can begin to add some more intensity or add an extra set.
Find a place where you feel that you worked hard and gave good effort, but you are ready and recovered for your next session.
The next step will be to evaluate your progress. Ultimately, that is the goal of most exercise programs, to see progress in some area. If you are stalled and can’t seem to get anything going, don’t just add more work.
More is not the answer, and in most cases It brings you back even farther. Instead take a look at your training, maybe you are pushing too hard, doing too much, not recovering enough.
Be honest with yourself, the craziest thing I ever did was knock two days off exercise off my week and saw some of the best results I ever have.
Don’t be scared of the less is more mentality, It works. Keep training hard, keep things simple, keep seeing results.
In good health,
Jeff
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