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drogheda1
drogheda1 Posts: 57
edited September 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Can it be counter-productive to do too much workouts and exercises? if so how?

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  • xxcatyxx555
    xxcatyxx555 Posts: 184
    well it depends, are you eating enough calories in a day? if you are then not really i work out 5 hours a day sometimes, but if your doing hard-core work outs consult your doctor first
  • AnnaValek
    AnnaValek Posts: 129 Member
    As caty said, it depends on your calorie intake. Adjust your food intake to suit your workout routines. Following a strict, set diet made by someone else may not be the best for your own body. If you are truly worried, check with your physician or a professional dietician.
  • drogheda1
    drogheda1 Posts: 57
    I eat 1800 cals a day. exercise like 6 days a week which consists of 4 Spinning Classes, 2 Circuit training and some running on the treadmill.
  • AnnaValek
    AnnaValek Posts: 129 Member
    Contact a dietician. Depending on if you want to lose fat, build muscle, gain tone, or maintain, you may need to adjust your calorie intake. For example:

    People who want to lose fat may choose to eat fewer calories but exercise more, while people wanting to build muscle or tone may choose to keep the intake equal to the burn, since the food goes from fat stores to muscle stores.
  • AlsDonkBoxSquat
    AlsDonkBoxSquat Posts: 6,128 Member
    yes, you can over train, but I wouldn't consider your 6 hours or so a week over training.
  • chicago_dad
    chicago_dad Posts: 357
    your body normalizes and tries to find an equilibrium. Think of it as a moving average. If your body gets used to a certain expenditure of calories, it will seek calories to normalize to a weight that represents the moving average in the recent past. So, some have advised to switch things up (zig zagging) between high calorie intake and output days. Doing a caloric deficit day here and there is good as is doing a high calorie intake day with exercise on the same day. just a few thoughts.
  • jenthestrawberry
    jenthestrawberry Posts: 93 Member
    This is a hard question, because it's all about calories + muscle building + avoiding injury. I took time off to lose this weight, so I often spend 6-7 hours a day doing various forms of exercise. After reading countless articles on hypertrophy, strength training and cardio and consulting my trainer and doctor, I had been given so many different opinions on what was safe, and what wasn't that I made my own metric. Now, I follow the "rule of pain".

    If in the morning, I am sore in multiple muscle groups while not using the muscles, I take the day off and eat lots of protein!

    If in the morning I have pain in a single muscle or muscle group while NOT moving it, I don't workout that muscle group again that day.

    If I have pain only while engaging the muscle or muscle group then I do only activities that lightly strain the muscles.

    No next day pain = PUSH HARDER!

    Hope it helps!
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