We have talked a lot about how you MUST train in order to loose weight and then keep that weight off. Diet is also another way to loose weight but lets just stick to exercise for the purpose of this post.
So how do you know if you have over trained yourself in your quest to loose weight. There are 3 signs:
These are the not so obvious signs that you can start to observe in yourself if you think you have overtrained.
There are obvious signs as well, such as working out every body part every day for the whole week. Or eating nothing the whole day, trying to live on water.
Remember, no matter how strong you are or how long you have been training for. Your body needs to recover from the workouts you do. You cannot just keep on going lifting weights until you drop dead. You have to strike the balance.
Balance that allows your body to train well and rest well do. Muscles grow while resting not while lifting, though if you don’t lift, you muscles don’t grow. It is as simple as that.
Same is the case with cardio exercise. If you are having difficulty in running or jogging for the first 5 minutes or are starting to get blurry vision then stop and review your workout schedule. It may too much things on it which your body obviously cannot handle.