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Virtually anyone that's picked up a set of weights has or will get symptoms of over-training at one point in their muscle building workout. Over training can result in serious injury, chronic fatigue, and even muscle loss.

Over-training is very usual among athletes and especially bodybuilders, since they understand that preparing as much as possible is the quickest way to massive muscle gains.

This couldn't be any far from the truth nevertheless...

Building Up too much, or at too high of an intensity will lead to over training.

Now this doesn't mean you don't have to put great deal of effort in to see some proper final results... Whether you are a muscle builder, athlete, or just someone that wishes to add some extra mass to your frame, you are required to coach hard and be consistent that's a given. In order to get the most out of your genetics, you have to progressively overcharge the muscles by raising the weight and / or intensity level of each weight building up workout.

The problem is however, that many of us step-up the intensity of our workouts or get low amounts of pause, or even worse, a combination of both. The trick is determining the right balance between workout volume and intensity level, and relaxation and recuperation. And that is just what I'll handle in this article.


The Results of Over-Training on Bodybuilders

First, let's take a look at several of the effects of over-training and how one can prevent over-training from happening in the first place.

The Effects of Over training on the Nervous System

Over-training effects both the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems in the following negative ways:

* High resting heart rate
* Thick appetite
* Advanced blood pressure
* Weight loss
* Problem sleeping
* Increased metabolic rate
* Irritability
* Early onset of fatigue

If you are having more than one of the symptoms outlined above-mentioned, you may be in a state of over training, and should revaluate your routine as soon as possible.

The Outcomes of Over training on Hormone Levels

Many surveys have shown that over training negatively effects the levels of hormones, as well as the hormone response in the body. Since hormones play such an strategic role in the muscle construction process, this can have a hurtful effect on your training build up.

Over training has been show to:

* Decrease testosterone levels
* Drop-off thyroxine levels
* Increase cortisol levels


The increase in cortisol levels along with the reduction in testosterone levels is a lethal combination, since this leads to protein tissue break down. This will ultimately lead to a loss of musculus tissue.

The Outcomes of Over-training on the Immune System

perhaps one of the most scary repercussions of over training is it's damaging impact on the immune system-you're bodies first defence against bad viruses and bacteria.

Over-training can drastically decrease the levels of anti-bodies and lymphocytes in your body, getting you much more vulnerable to illness. Simply put, this means that if you are in a state of over training, you are much more likely to get ill. Since you will have to hop workouts while you are ill, your muscle constructing progress will slow substantially.

The Effects of Over-training on the Metabolic System

Here is a list of how over training can effect the metabolic system. These symptoms are the ones that are most usually discussed, and are ones we can't neglect:

* Micro tears in the muscle
* Chronically depleted glycogen levels
* Lazy, weak muscular tissue contractions
* Depleted creatine phosphate stores
* Excessive accumulation of lactic acid
* Abnormal DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness)
* Tendon and connective tissue injury

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