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Overtraining? Too much exercise?

August 1, 2012 by Steve Nakamura

Are you doing too much. Getting enough recovery time. Is your exercise program destroying you? Check out the article on breakingmuscle.com.

Part 1 of 2

Photo of a runner laying exahusted on a trackIf you’ve been around the fitness scene for any length of time you’ll have heard it whispered about like Beetlejuice with people seemingly afraid to say it out loud for fear of invoking its wrath. The workouts done by this group wouldn’t hurt an average sized cat. Then there’s the other side of the coin. The no pain, no gain crew who don’t believe you can ever overtrain and who boast about causing rhabdomyolysis in their clients. Like with most things there’s truth to both sides and the smart approach is straight down the middle. Read more:

http://breakingmuscle.com/training/overtraining-can-kill-you-3-stages-overtraining-part-1

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