Are You Overtrainig?

Many people who lift weights are always working towards getting better. This fixed idea of what they want to be drives them. Many goals among weight lifters are fairly commom. Some goals, for example are, " I want to be the strongest person I know', or 'I want to have a great physique', or a truely commom dellusional statement of 'I want to be bigger than Arnold Shwarzenegger in his prime'. These people may work very hard in the gym to accomplish their goals. They might eat well, train relentlessly, and work hard, but still do not see the results they want and expect. When this happens many lifters convince themselves that they are not working hard enough and start training twice as hard. Remember, more is not always better.

So here's the question, 'are you over training?' Look at your weight lifting routine. How many days a week do you work out? How much time do you give between working out the same body parts? In a single workout session, how many exercises are you doing for a speciphic muscle group? According to experts, it is said that you should not workout the same muscle group anywhere from 24 to 48 hours. For example, if you workout your chest and triceps today, you can't do chest and triceps tomarrow. Your muscles need time to grow. When you are lifting weights you are not making the muscle stronger, your tearing the muscle fibers. When you rest after that workout,that is when the muscle reformes and gets stronger. The recommended exercises per muscle group workout is 3 to 8 depending on the person.

No one persone can tell you if you are overtraining or not, they can only tell you their oppinion. You have to be the one to tell yourself whether you are over training or not. If you are suspicious that you might be, than you probably are. Some simptoms of over training to look for is excessive amout of fatigue, muscle spasm, feeling weaker, little to no muscle gain, and being frequently tired. Remember, it is truely a golden rule, 'more is not always better.' If your routine is suspect, than change some things around (day's, routines, exercises, days off), get plenty of rest, and I am sure you'll start to see more results.