Are You Overtraining?

If you are wanting to build big muscles and training hard to get the results, but noticing any of the following changes, then there is a high chance that you are over training:

Lack of progress – If you can’t seem to increase your weights or reps for two or three workouts in a row and are actually getting weaker then it is possible that you could be doing too much.

Loss of appetite – When you are training consistently you should have a huge appetite and feel the need to eat every few hours, your body will tell you when you need feeding. If you seem indifferent to foods and would rather not bother eating then this is one of the classic signs of over training.

Feeling tired all time – The very nature of building muscle is that you are causing microscopic damage to your muscles each time you train, the process of repair and recovery is what actually gives you the increase in muscle growth. If you feel tired and run down most of the time, you are probably overdoing it.

Feeling depressed – You should be feeling great about the changes in your shape and strength because of all the hard work you are putting in. You are showing real commitment to changing the way you look. If you can’t seem to shake the feelings of depression chances are you could be over training.

Dreading your workouts – Whilst it is quite common to have a particular muscle group you don’t enjoy training (usually legs) if you are getting to the stage where the thought of doing that workout literally makes you feel sick, then it’s time to rethink things.

It is virtually impossible to build big muscles faster than your body is capable of producing it and to trying to do so often forces us in to a state of over training. We all love the changes we notice when training with weights and naturally want to see more of them and at a faster rate.