How much exercise is too much?

H2OisGood

HilTri wrote: »

Wow! Thanks for all of your support. It is nice to have like minded people as a sounding board. Thank you. Drive on!

HilTri wrote: »

Wow! Thanks for all of your support. It is nice to have like minded people as a sounding board. Thank you. Drive on!

AnnPT77

moogie_fit wrote: »

I would be careful of injuries and adrenal fatigue. Unless you are doing sport specific training it is unnecessary to exercise more than 1 to 2 hrs a day and will ultimately do more harm then good in the
Long run ( think bone density, muscle used as fuel )

Make sure you are properly fueling and hydrating yourself and be careful. If you want to do extra exercise I would stick to yoga/meditation or see a physio to work on imbalances rather then just doing cardio

So national team (Olympic) athletes, who work out way more than 2 hours a day (at least in some training phases), are all kinda sick and depleted. OK.

Must be the ones I've known are the exceptions.

Or are you saying "sport specific" motivation is magically the exception? Even at age 60+ I can work my way up to 2+ hours a day of pretty vigorous effort, without negative consequences.

P.S. "Adrenal fatigue"? LOL. If you don't want to be active for many hours daily, that's fine: It's not essential for basic health/fitness.

My immediate forbears were subsistence farmers, including in the era of no tractors. They worked like demons every day, and lived well into their 80s. A few spin classes isn't going to kill OP.

mrslynda

Hi, my first thought when I read this was 'That's just too much!' . But then I thought about it and when you look at what people do with active jobs, it's not that much. I agree with almost everyone's advice. I do think you need to make sure you eat and drink enough to fuel your activity. I think it's great you have found something you enjoy doing

WilmaValley

Great discussion and insights!!!!!

HilTri

I agree, great insights and points for me to consider. Thanks for your replies. BTW I am visiting my family and took a day off and I may take another off. I do feel recharged!

HilTri

BTW, I see an endocrinologist for hypothyroidism. She has never mentioned anything about adrenal fatigue.

inertiastrength

It's really never "too much" unless you feel it is. I walk 20K steps/day; lift 4x/week and 5 years ago I may have said that's too much but instead, because I'm adding to my routine SLOWLY, I'm finding the walking isn't enough and now that I'm lean I prefer to walk some and run 20... it's really what you're comfortable with and unless this is your first week what you add and take away isn't anyone's concern but yours.

ETA: When I first started my goal was 7k steps, lifting 3x/week and I would probably have eaten you if you suggested running for 5 minutes muchless 20

johnwelk

HilTri wrote: »

BTW, I see an endocrinologist for hypothyroidism. She has never mentioned anything about adrenal fatigue.

Thats a good thing that she didn't mention adrenal fatigue, as it is a fake disease, only "diagnosed" by quacks, such as naturopaths and chiropractors. Adrenal fatigue was invented by a chiroquacktor in the late 90s, it's pure pseudoscientific nonsense.

moogie_fit

HilTri wrote: »

BTW, I see an endocrinologist for hypothyroidism. She has never mentioned anything about adrenal fatigue.

Great then ask your doctor's for advice. Not random ppl on the internet.

yirara

Listen to your body: if you feel that you're constantly tired and your performance goes down then stop for a while. I've been in overtraining once, and it took me 8 weeks to feel normal again and to be able to work out (much less) again.