How To Recognize Over Training

When it comes to over training many people will simply state that too many sets, exercises and workouts are the main contributory factors. However, there is much more to it than this over simplification. If you are knowledgeable as to the symptoms of over training, and become aware as soon as you start to overdo your training, you are in a position to take action and stop it before it gets really serious.

Don’t try to be the hero and battle on to see how many of the symptoms of over training you can withstand, and yet continue to at least maintain your strength. It is the inability of some bodybuilders to recognize the symptoms of over training which is at the root of their training problems. Recognizing the symptoms is only the start, you need to know how to respond to the early signs – immediately – if you are to escape the annoyance and misery which accompanies chronic over training. This must be treated as a very serious issue and not ignored.

When it comes to the serious hard-gaining bodybuilders there is no doubt that they have the grit and character to soldier on even when the going gets tough. This is an admirable trait but when it comes to dealing with the warning signs of over training, this determination and grit can be extremely destructive. It is important that you don’t let your emotions get the better of you. You must learn to train within your body’s own ability to recuperate. Never mind what someone else can recuperate from, that someone else is not you.

Over training comes about when the body is exposed to more stress than it can deal with. It could be that you are training too frequently for the exercise regime you are under, or that you are training too much at each workout for this frequency of training. Generally speaking, over training is a little more complex than this. It doesn’t occur overnight unless you greatly increase your training load and or have some drastic loss in the quality of your sleep, rest and nutrition, and or have some personal problems that wipe you out.

Over training is usually a cumulative process of weeks and weeks of demanding too much from your body, and by ignoring the warning signs of impending chronic over training. When you are approaching the edge of over training you may still be able to function in the gym, but things will start to fall apart when you reach the exhaustion point of your recovery abilities. If you don’t curtail things at this stage, your body will start to crumble.

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