Over-Training is the result of training too much or too long. Our bodies need time to recover, when we train our muscles we are breaking them down. Simply put we are ripping them to shreds. If your muscles don’t have enough time to recover they will become over trained and fatigued. We have put together a list to help you keep from over training.

First we want you to understand in simple terms how over training comes about and how it works. We will use our bodies as people as an example:

Say you go to your job and work your regular 9am – 5pm job, come 5pm you start working again with no rest. You then work from 5pm-1am, come 1am you keep working….and so on. You get the point. No rest along with a lot of wear and tear on our bodies will just cause us to almost fall over. This is how your muscles feel. They are tired, wore out, and don’t want to repair themselves because they personally feel like crap.

Not only will this keep our energy levels in check, it will also help improve our gains and keep us from injury. The longer time we stay in an area where there is a possibility for injury the more prone we are to getting injured. Less time we stay in a danger zone, the less we are exposed to getting an injury.

Think about it, less time you spend in the gym – The more time you have in the kitchen!

1: Don’t kill yourself, doing more doesn’t always mean more is better.

2: Unless you are in a contest with your friends to see who can do the most sets, don’t perform more than 4-12 sets per workout.

3: Never train more then 2 consecutive days in a row. It takes usually 24 hours for your energy reserves to be replenished.