Excessive exercise causes training performance to decrease, damaging muscle hypertrophy, as it is during rest that the muscle recovers from training and grows.
Furthermore, doing excessive physical activity is bad for your health and can result in muscle and joint injuries, exhaustion and extreme muscle fatigue, making it necessary to completely stop training for the body to recover.
Symptoms of excessive physical exercise
Excessive physical exercise can be noticed through some symptoms, such as:
- Tremors and involuntary movements in muscles;
- Extreme tiredness;
- Loss of breath during training;
- Severe muscle pain, which only improves with the use of medication.
In the presence of these symptoms, the frequency and intensity of training should be reduced to allow the body to recover, and it is also necessary to see a doctor to assess the need to take medication or undergo treatment to help with recovery.
Consequences of excessive exercise
Excessive physical exercise causes changes in hormone production, an increase in heart rate even during rest, irritability, insomnia and a weakening of the immune system.
In addition to the damage to the body, intense physical activity can be harmful to the mind and turn into a compulsion to exercise, in which the obsession with improving the body’s appearance generates intense stress and anxiety.
What to do to treat exercise compulsion
When identifying symptoms of excessive physical exercise or changes in the functioning of the body, you should consult a doctor to assess whether there are problems with the heart, muscles or joints that need to be treated.
Furthermore, it is necessary to stop physical activity and start again little by little (look for a professional trained in physical education), after the body has returned to functioning well. It may also be necessary to consult a psychotherapist to treat the obsession with physical activity and help reduce stress and anxiety.
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