Obsessional exercise

I work out for nearly an hour most days of the week and love it. But anyway, listen to your body. Schedule rest days. Best of luck.

I dont think an hour a day 7 days a week is obsessive at all.

I workout 60-90 minutes a day 6 days a week. I don't think it's obsessive. Just make sure you take occasional rest days and listen to your body.

"Obsessed" is all in the eyes of the beholder...but if you think, for YOU, that an hour a day seven days a week is getting too obsessive, then it probably is. And it will only get worse if you DO give in to that obsession. I've tried it, K? It doesn't feel awesome...know what I mean?

I recommend you read this article. I've found it extremely helpful, and it has a link to a "quiz" to help you determine whether or not you ARE compulsive about exercise.

Best of luck to you!

What you call obsession, others would call determination.

Go for it if you're happy!

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"Obsessed" is all in the eyes of the beholder...but if you think, for YOU, that an hour a day seven days a week is getting too obsessive, then it probably is. And it will only get worse if you DO give in to that obsession. I've tried it, K? It doesn't feel awesome...know what I mean?

I recommend you read this article. I've found it extremely helpful, and it has a link to a "quiz" to help you determine whether or not you ARE compulsive about exercise.

Best of luck to you!

I think I agree with this as well, from personal experience it is down to what you feel and the people around you feel may (and I express MAY) be an obsessive regime. Purely because people close to me who aren't the type trying to sabotage things for me (typically the office colleagues who say 'you work out to much eat this cake, I mean close friends who know what I am trying to achieve) started to see less of me because I was spending time at the gym. Wouldn't miss a workout to socialise, wouldn't drop a lunch workout to see friends etc. That's when I realised it became obsessive for me purely because I was getting anxious about missing a workout - when in reality, what I thought the worst thing that could happen was putting 100lbs on overnight actually turned out to be losing friends because of the gym.

So now recognising that I have worked on the balance, ok so I might not get my 8 workouts a week in some weeks, but that doesn't put me into a cold sweat anymore and as a result my personal life is better for it.

I don't think an hour a day seven days a week is obsessive at all, especially when you consider the thirty minutes a day minimum is recommended. I could see you viewing it as obsessive if it totally dominated your life, where you had to work out for multiple hours a day, think four or five hours; but I think an hours is a perfectly acceptable amount. Yes, you need rest days for your body to recover, maybe make it a weekend day to relax and chill with your family, but chose something healthy to do with them. You still get some exercise, but not your normal intensity or amount, so your body can recover.

But that is just my personal opinion. Good luck, and God bless you.

We are in the same boat then. It is hard for me to take rest days even though I workout so much I get sick. It is usually from sweating so much and not replacing any electrolytes and from muscle fatigue. I can easily work out for 2 hours and not blink and eye. I do an hour or more of cardio (I track mileage) and then I go into strength training or kickboxing.

All I can say is take a rest day. Your body needs it. Otherwise, work out as long as you want, but replenish electrolytes after 45 minutes of your workout.

I have found that because I sweat a lot drinking lots of fluids is absolutely vital DURING the workout. Made the mistake and didn't the other day, only to be left dizzy and needing a nap after, as well as feeling like crap the rest of the evening.

That is a little off topic, but yeah. Do what you feel is right for your body and be sure to have that rest day!

I usually work out 10 days in a row and then a day off.. I like going to my gym and seeing all my friends so it does
not seem like exercise.

Right folks. Last year I worked out a lot but unfortunately became obsessed with it which in turn made me ill so I had to stop. I never felt that what I was doing was enough and what started out as half hour, 3 times a week turned into some weeks an hour 7 days a week at stupid o clock in the morning.

I have been on the 5:2 diet for about 9 weeks now and am loving it. I have lost a stone and am happy with myself but feel that I might be ready to incorporate some exercise but I am scared of it taking over my life again.

Does anyone get like this with exercise and do you have any tips how to avoid it taking over my life again.

Thanks

Um no I wish I did...do you eat enough to sustain this amount of exercise?

I workout 6 days a week with 3 days being 90minutes and 3 days at 60mins. I only have one rest day which is Sunday, however I listen to my body if I'm just not up to it, I'll take two days off instead sometimes even three. Not in a row, but do what feels right for you. Sometimes I feel selfish because I work a 8-5 full time job, get my kids, go straight to the gym, the kids stay in the gym daycare, then I go home. I feel like I'm not giving enough time for my kids, but I also need to get in shape and have "ME" time. I spent 6 years not doing anything for myself, so its much deserved. In your case, I would start out slow maybe 3 days a week and see how you feel. If you dont want to work out 6-7 days then maybe you could increase the 3 days you workout for example do 60-90minutes on those three days, idk just my two cents.

I dont think an hour a day 7 days a week is obsessive at all.

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I work out for at least one hour every single day. That is not obsession, that is how humans are meant to live. We are supposed to be fit and active all day long. People nowadays think being sedentary is perfectly normal, and it's not. I blame the modern age; culture, civilization, etc...we no longer have to physically hustle for our food, most of us i.e hunt, garden/gather, and so on. Many of us have jobs where we have to sit or be otherwise inactive all day. To help compensate for that, we should exercise/move every day on our free time.

I know people who watch and keep up with several TV shows...this means they watch televison for hours every single day! No one ever calls that obsession LOL.

If you are afraid of it taking over your life again I suggest doing just 30 minutes of exercise 3 days a week first thing in the morning. Then don't think about it anymore after that. Also since your exercise made you ill perhaps you should try knocking down the intensity a bit. For example, if you were walking at 4.5 miles an hour, try walking at just 3 miles an hour. Or whatever, whatever exercise you do reduce the intensity and then you shouldn't get sick. Pushing yourself over your current fitness level is bound to make anyone sick. Work out at a pace/level that matches your current state of physical fitness.