Fitness
Overtraining
Overtraining occurs when training stress exceeds what your body can recover from, leading to persistent fatigue, declining performance, poor sleep, and higher injury risk. It is not simply working hard—it is a mismatch between load, recovery, nutrition, and life stress over weeks.
Overtraining occurs when training stress exceeds what your body can recover from, leading to persistent fatigue, declining performance, poor sleep, and higher injury risk. It is not simply working hard—it is a mismatch between load, recovery, nutrition, and life stress over weeks.
Warning signs include elevated resting heart rate, irritability, loss of motivation, and plateaus despite more effort.
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