The 8 Signs: 1) decrease in your performance level 1:45 2) feeling sore long time after workout 2:55 3) sudden loss of motivation to train 4:10 4) constantly getting sick 4:58 5) flat looking muscles 5:42 6) chronic or nagging injuries 6:35 7) general fatigue sluggishness 7:34 8) insomnia and restlessness 8:25 The 5 Prevention tactics: 1) ensure eating properly 9:05 2) getting enough sleep 9:42 3) not going overboard with your workouts 10:07 4) lower stress levels 10:55 5) incorporate a deload weak or take a week off entirely 11:35 Have a great workout, don't overtrain and stay strong :)
Same bruh like I lowkey feel like I’m a disappointment if I miss just one day and then I got friends who be missin bout 55/40 of her workouts and she lives happier than ever like damn? Damn.
I always do high weights when I’m feel like I’m gonna pass out every set then take some pre and do the next exercise so I do a week of light jogs or very high reps and low weight
From my experience Loss of grip strength Unexpected sleepiness during day Fucked up sleep pattern Lack of focus in all activities Stagnant progress Fall in PRs Fall in performance of bodyweight exercises. Sudden popping of pain in random part of body.
Extreme headaches, a weakened spine and nauseating pain in my joints were my overtraining symptoms. You'll never understand just how bad it is untill you experience it.
@@bigdawgxd1920 Same, the last few weeks I've been grinding HARD and yesterday I had to take a sleeping pill, because I couldn't fall asleep. My body wanted to fall asleep bit my brain said, TRAIN, TRAIN, TRAIN!
Scary how spot on this guy is. The first symptoms is exactly what I experienced when I got tennis elbow from over training. My grip became significantly weaker and what was once doable for me, became nearly impossible and definitely effected my coordination. This guy knows his stuff.
@@khalid9085 Just to give you an update, I let my arm rest for about 3 or 4 days before I started back training. The pain and symptoms are gone. I was able to get back to where I left off. I hope you've made some progress as well.
AllAmericanGuy01 Sweet thanks for the update bro, I didn’t mention it but I’ve also dislocated my shoulder so I’ll still be resting for a while longer, but my elbow has improved a bit regardless
Thats kinda hard to detect if youre in overtraining until its too late. I for myself like training alot,listening to you music, working out, sweating and moving your body is like the best feeling ever. And even if my workout goes 2hours im feeling happy and euphoric and still want to do more. Its hard that your body is actually in a stress mode but youre feeling happy and excited, unknowingly damaging yourself.
That's how I got injured. I didn't know I was overtraining. It felt normal to me until it happened. I guess now knowing what to do and to look out for. We can adjust our workouts to better keep us in line. I know I won't do what I did to get injured again.
Yeah no joke man sometimes you just gotta beat the absolute fucking shit out of your body,just know you gotta pamper yourself for a day or two afterwards or youre fucked
I go hard 5 days a week and the weekend is my cheating days for me to go out to the movies dinner or even walks on the park I'll eat some junk food but very small portion I'm always happy to go work out and see my changes
Over training is bad news! I injured my hand from it and I couldn’t even grip my steering wheel for 6 weeks. Super scary. Great video, great message! Keep it up!!
I have been overtrained for weeks. Hormones are way out of wack, sleep quality is consistently poor. Muscles look flat, and a declining state of well-being. Im going to take a few days off, maybe a week and see how I feel. This guy hit the nail on the head, i really needed to hear this.
I used to get sick (fever, sore throat, just like a flu) when pushed 100% on the gym, so I had me asking "why? am I overtraining?". Then I started to pay more attention to details and turned out I couldn't workout with fans or cold wind towards me, or this would overload my body. Now when I feel cold in the gym, I workout with more clothes, to deny this effect, and I can push harder as ever when before I had to always keep a close look on intensity. So, maybe isn't your workout intensity, maybe you need to keep your body in more comfortable or optimal conditions, including nutrition and rest. I'd also change the word "overtraining" for "under resting" or "under caring".
True. I used to train at home doing bodyweight workouts and I workout in a room thats free. When I workout in a colder room than others its much harder to do same amount of reps and sets than before, and i got fever and fatigue soonly after. When I got back to warmer rooms everything went normal.
Same here. My dad told me to show him pushups, I forced myself to go plus ultra, now the two days later my muscles hurt like HELL and I have a cold/fever hybrid. Hope I can bulk up before military.
@Moth Moniker It depends on your recovery. For younger people, it may be as little as 24 hours. For older people, it could take days. Also, the intensity of the workout and the level of your physical fitness factors in as well.
I feel like my training coach is pushing me way too far and not allowing me to rest; I feel burned out and had to skip my workout today just to let my body rest and to protect my mental health. Overtraining is so real.
Great video and information. I like the rhythm of your speech and absolutely love editing of the video. I just changed my workout a week ago, much more challenging now, with more HIIT incorporated and at the end of that week I got flu. So frustrated now, I was super motivated because the new challenge always stimulates me. I hope I will get used to this workout. I usually don't get sick easily.
Great video. I was undereating for my activity level, one of the components to overtraining. Explains why I had many of the issues he mentions. I ate well and drank plenty of beer this weekend and rested. Gotta readjust my food intake and try to train in a healthy proper way
I had every single symptom on the list about a 2 week ago. Just finished a deload last week and optimized my workouts getting rid of redundant exercises, lowering sets/upping reps, and moving things around so that there's adequate rest for each muscle group before the next workout. I had too many sets @ max intensity and many overlapping movesets. Anyways, after my deload I've started gaining strength again(didn't lose any) and my insomnia has gone away(it was so terrible). I don't feel intense emotional distress before workouts anymore for the first time in weeks. That nagging shoulder pain i had has subsided. I think I'll be deloading once every 6-8 weeks of intense workouts from now on. Good video and good advice.
Been with you since less than 10k subs, glad to see your channel is booming. Well deserved. Said it back then and I’ll say it again now, you’re the most straight up, honest fitness advice out there.
I've been training dedicated and bulking for about 6 months. When daylight savings time started I started sleeping bad, continously waking up at night, generally feeling weak and shitty, even being able to bench less than I was used to. I wasn't sure what was happening but I started to think I was maybe overtraining. I took a few days off and I felt a lot better. I have a lot of symptoms mentioned in the video so I will take a week off. Can't to get in the arena again though. Thanks for the informative video!
Started over training with benching. And now i can't even muscle up anymore because my joints feel so brittle and chest hurts as I try to transition to the top.
@@Speedyreedy1218 what is? Benching? Or overtraining in general? Yeah bud its no good. Sometimes I feel I should have just stuck to calisthenics only. Started to bench because everyone was doing it but me. BIG MISTAKE. Like I said, can't even do a muscle up without my shoulders feeling broken lol hurts so much. My body remembers the technique but is too worn down to get over the bar.
@@joshuaolmedaful Yep, I think both. I think my form on benching is what caused the wrist pain initially. I've heard Jeff from AthleanX mentioning doing your bench routine on the floor can help relieve the tension. Something about the structure of the bench when you're coming down on the barbell make make you inadvertently place an emphasis on a particular body part (wrist, which may lead to joint and tendon issues. Maybe the shoulder on a chest press which could stress your labrum). I think people's...(don't know if miseducation or uninformed would be the better word here) of over training is an issue too. I've realized it's not always about a very obvious, visible, significant injury but anything unusual regardless of how minor (no fracture, but extended soreness, small, but lingering pain, grip tendencies, etc) are signs. We don’t want to give up training altogether. But have to be better at how we work around stuff.
@@joshuaolmedaful Yeah, the grip strength and shoulder stiffness has cautioned my confidence to attempt some pull and chin ups. Every time I place my fingers on it...even just for a dead hang...I get this feeling I may tear a rotator cuff so just step away from the bar. Guess I gotta get the forearms at a good level of strength to compensate as I wait for the other parts of the arm to get their acts together.
@Second Earth Good tip. I started putting some ankle weights on my wrist to compensate for the actual dumbbell until the joints get some relief for me to lift them again.
I'm overwhelmed by how good quality all your videos have, so much wisdom coming from one man, it's really impressive and I've learned a lot of you already, and I gradually change my eating and training as I learn more. I bet in a few years from now you'll reach 10 million subscribers. I only watch your videos to learn about eating and training now.
5:00, this was one that was boggling me. I workout, I don’t drink, I eat healthy, I have good hygiene, & I get good rest every night but I’ve had a runny nose & sniffles for the past month. It never occurred to me that I was overtraining because I only do intense workouts 4 days of the week but this video helped me identify my overtraining.
When you reach the point where you feel like your not getting stronger take a week off. Don't think about working out and just enjoy life. You'll feel a lot more energized when you train again.
Be mindful of how much caffeine you are ingesting throughout the day as well. I was totally screwing myself by having caffeine multiple times throughout the day. Just one more thing causing cortisol levels to be consistently high.
@LateNightViewing . Not in all cases. If you want to compete you have to take roids. But if you take them just for fun then yea, you are a lazy pussy looking for an easy way.
@@foreignfoamer3592 theres a people thay use them for performance enhancing and a people whp use them for competition just like different types of people o the gym. Horses for courses ironically steroids are mea t for horses too
@@foreignfoamer3592 if you want to compete steroids is not an option do it naturally. Plenty of protein chicken, steak and fish supplement fish oil and vitamin E Take vitamins a sure take.
Wow!!! Great information. I recently got into a new workout system where I’m lifting heavy for three days, and yoga the next three days. I get enough sleep and I eat healthy. I don’t drink. But recently this past Saturday I’ve been fighting off this really bad cough. I couldn’t figure out why I was sick. But due to the stress from my relationship, working crazy hours on set in the freezing cold with barely anything on. I believe the stress and overworking out did it. Thanks for the information! Great stuff
Oops... i should have watched this when I first saw it. I didn't think i over did it but i haven't been sick in like 5 years then BOOM! i feel like death..
Liked and subbed for speaking sense. Its good to hear "work smarter, not harder" in this area, when often the impression in fitness is more more, harder harder.
so..... i was actually kinda expecting this since i looked up " what if i overused my joints" since i have been feeling extreme pain in my wrist for a month of so. now i can say for sure tired, joints pain, long soreness while i am very much not a beginner, and i get sick a lot. so i have: 2,4,6,7,8(maybe not 100% sure about the 8 one) i would like to ask, if i did overtrained how can i help my body to recover without seeing a doctor since this can take up to 2 month for that by then i would probably feel great a gain + i dont want to lose my mussel or strength thank you so much for your videos you really keep me going and i love watching your videos so keep up your good & important work
I have 2 Full Body Sessions per week in the weight room which last around 2-2.5hrs each. My weight training involves Power Snatches, DEADLIFTS, OHP, SQUATS, Glute Thrusts, PULL-UPS and a couple of accessory exercises for tricep and back. Then I have 3 morning sessions, in each one of those I do a light jog for around 5-8 minutes, bowl for around 30-35 minutes at a stretch (Cricket), then I move onto Broad Jumps (5*5), then some medicine ball slams and throws (around 60-70 reps divided in 10 reps per set ).Then I have 3 core sessions in the week. Each one is around 20-25 minutes long. And lastly, I walk (at around 3-4km/h) for 2 hrs a day, 7 days a week. My nutrition is quite up to the mark. I am fulfilling my daily caloric requirements. I am 5'10'' and weigh 72kg. I take around 3000 calories and around 4.5 ltrs of water a day(Weather is quite hot, avg. day time temp. around 35-40 deg. celcius) . My sleep time os around 6-7 hrs a day on average.. Some days I sleep for 8-9 hrs and some days for 5-6 hrs. I was going well till around 19th- 20th March but then suddenly I started losing my explosiveness in power moves like snatch. I also started losing my grip strength. I hit my PR 100kg in DL on 19th March and then it was all downfall in the later sessions. Same with Power snatch and OHP. I had to remove 5-7kg from the bar. But one movement that I am progressing is squats. But other movements are affected and I am now weaker at those.. Am I OVERTRAINING?? If not, then why this downfall?? Any science backed suggestion would be greatly appreciated!!!🙂
It's pretty clear he meant do the same exercise every time. So yes same part same exercise, but you could change the exercise and keep training the same part.
What got me was this "Nagging" same hamstring pull. stupid me.. Searched for "Overtraining" and ended back here on this channel. OT is REAL. case in point. I went FULL bore on a leg day on Wednesday, even PR'd 5x5 Squats. WOOT. The next day was a rest day and went for a mild jog and ended up motivated and started wind sprints.. Pulled that DAMN inner ham string muscle again.. Now I'm nursing it.. Going to take off next week to recover. I enjoy watching this Channel. Covers topics that are easy to understand without all the yelling, telling you have to do this and that or poking at others. To me, gives a mature fantastic way to look at and understand realistic concepts of what my body can and can't, should and shouldn't do and more over has data to back it up. Sure, I watch other channels but I always finding myself coming back here for the "Real Scoop".. Thanks GT. Now if you can explain how to recover from a strained Ham string and still hit the gym would be fantastic.. LOL.. /jk.
You know what I feel weakness didn't eat enough high proteins and I been work-out like 8 month right now.. But I don't have enought money to buy food..
I just wanted to say thank you so much for what you do. I’ve been working out off and on for years (more off than on) and always had some kind of physical activity that I was into such as skateboarding, basketball, tennis, etc. But I have always had a terrible diet and I never really stuck with working out or studied enough to know what I was doing. I would work out for a few weeks or even months but then quit and never really ate good. Recently I decided to get dedicated to living a healthy lifestyle and I have been watching this channel and a few others and the progress I have made in the past several weeks is the best of my life. I’m eating substantially better, my form is better, I feel better and I can feel myself getting stronger. I can already lift more and I don’t feel fatigued as I used to. And the other day in the store with my wife I ran into a friend I havne’t seen in months and the first thing he asked was if I had lost weight. And the best part is now I actually love going to the gym. It’s my favorite part of the day. But I’m pacing myself. I know my own limits. I wanted to go to the gym today but I knew I was not properly recovered yet so I took the day off and just took a long walk to get some kind of activity.
Mpafiarikh Alepou that’s worse. You should continue training but with less intensity or shorter duration. The weaker you get the higher the chance of injury becomes
I also hurt my biceps and my chest and then i thought i was fine i over did triceps. 5 days later, when i lift my arms in the air... i feel that feeling when you get loss of blood to the limb or like a fatigue feeling,,,,its really not good. My body is obviously trying to recover still. Im only 2-3 weeks in to the gym (including the days i hurt myself and 2-3 days rest between the hurt times.)
Im doing the one punch man (Saitama) training which is.. ~100 Push-ups. ~100 Sit-ups ~100 Squats. ~10 Kilometer run (6.2miles) But Saitama overdid his training but became super strong but lost his hair and what i think of it is, its not that hard but sometimes overdoing is a good option i think, i overdue my training sll the time.
a question, I am workin out 6 times a week, always doing different groups, like for example tricep and chest and bicep and back, usually my exercises last 1 hour 30 min, to 1 hour 45 min, am i overdoing it?
You just described how I derailed myself back when I was on a ship on deployment trying to get in good shape. I had massive gains at first, but I guess the physical stress and stress of bad sleep patterns and job stress got me. I had weak wrist problems that caused pain, and I actually started to feel like I was getting weaker before I finally had to quit for almost a month before recovering.
Roberto Feuerbach If you are suffering from this, take a week off. Then come back with revised diet and training structure [means dustribution of weight per set].
here's another one that can indicate overtraining: (doesn't apply to beginners) after you are done with your workout, what do you feel? exhausted? like you need to sleep it off? like everything hurts? in kinda a neutral leaning towards a bad mood? or do you feel tired but also strangely energized a bit? like you can still get shit done? and a little more positive? if its consistently the first one, you might be over training, are stressed or not getting enough rest .. or all 3 combined. after a workout yes you should feel a bit of muscle fatigue, and should be tired, but you shouldn't be coming out feeling like shit, exhausted and sleepy.. that is the number one sign i know to tell something is up! This is for a person who is lifting weights, and has been working out consistently for a few months now and things have kind of stabilized as far as how your body should be reacting. a beginner and especially those training endurance or trying to lose weight will be much more tired .. but regardless if you're eating, sleeping and training right you should come out of the gym feeling good physically and mentally.
Lol dont do legs once a week if u r doing that hit them a few times a week but with less volume per session. Eg if ur doing 9 sets of legs in 1 workout in 1 week. Split it in 3 workouts a week 3 sets every workout. Works great trust me
I've seen the most gains when I work a muscle and let it rest until it's barely sore,usually 2 to 3 days and then I go hard again. It took me a while to learn what kind of soreness is best.
I used to go 4 times but worked too many of the same groups in the workouts, resulting in barly any results, then started a push pull legs 6 day routine where every group has at least two days of rest exapt for core and legs and boom, suddenly I got bigger. In the end, I could probably get the same results with just going 4 with compound based workout but as someone with sleeping issues working out so often helps me to sleep. I just feel stupid because I basically wasted an entire year from 16 to 17 by being a fool with no understanding of what I was supposed to do...
I have been struggling with sleep so bad since I started training really hard 7 months ago. I never thought I could be over training but after watching this it’s got me thinking.
Depends on the intensity of the workout. If you do a leg workout and decide to throw in one set of triceps to confused the body, then the the next day work chest and triceps it won’t hurt.
radient I think you should rephrase the question as, do you think a muscle can recover in less than 24 hours? It depends on how hard you work the muscle. If your using steroids it’s okay because muscles heal faster when your on juice.
I have learned so much just by watching these videos. I am spot on where I want to be in my workout routine. I have a Great Trainer who is working with me to get me where I want to be. But these Videos are sure helping.
I think i overtrained the otherday, my shoulder felt like someone shot me, i couldnt sleep but after 2 days of ice,rest and no arm workouts it got better
I would fall asleep at ANYTIME!! On the way home, 3:30 in the afternoon.. driving and 😴😴 in a snap. But when I left work I had crazy energy. It’s the craziest thing in the world. At that time I was working out 1.5 to 2 hours a day, pure cardio.. broken time of course, nothing straight.
I rode my static bike for 30 minutes until my shirt is all super wet, and I did 50 pushups everyday. So that's why I am not feeling great (flu, fever, sore body) Any recommendations on push-up reps & and when to rest? Thanks :D
@@vstv61991 Ha! Yes, I only lift 2.5 hours a week (among other activities that I do) but even still that would be amazing. Perhaps we can build a robot to do all of that :D
Hey Max ! really appreciate the explanation :) I got a question though.. what would be your recommended amount of a daily workout session ? I have been training for the past year and a bit (2-3 month) and I’ve experienced a great change so far. My workouts has been mostly for a 5 days a week of 2.5 up to 4 hours of gym time (daily). I am trying to cut my workouts at half but due to a variety of reasons I feel that less than the amount I’ve mentioned per session I am not reaching the point of progress. could I be leading myself towards over-training ? Thanks again and big ups on your vids, totally inspiring :)
Great video, just a quick note. If you're dieting (you're in a deficit) you will experience most of these symptoms and overtraining won't be the reason.
So what do I do , do I rest today ? I got a physical job that I do 40 hrs a week . And 3 weeks ago I started to workout again everyday (cardio , and lifting weights ) and getting on a diet of 1500calories . I didnt experienced any fatigue until today , or I should say last night I was cold af and had some vertigo + fatigue .I sleep between 6-7hrs a day btw .
@@enderdadon696 This is way too much man, you're overdoing it. Once you plateau there is nowhere to go.1500 calories is nothing if you do 40hrs + weights and cardio. First go up with the calories, then eliminate cardio, and focus on strength based training with free weights mostly. Increase sleep to 7-8 if possible. Train 4-5 days max. You need full rest days to recover properly. If you go on like that not only you won't get the results you are looking for, but you are risking health problems.
One easy way to avoid over training, is if you don't feel like training, don't. Now of course this applies to people who are dedicated and not lazy. Since you only need to train ones a week to maintain your gains, you can give your body all the rest it needs. Also on the progressive overload, listen to your body, only increase when it feels natural to do so, if your not feeling it naturally, it's a sure sign that you are overtraining, of course this is open to interpretation, so you have to monitor your progress, if you don't see progress after a while, then you have to evaluate, "am I under training or overtraining?" If you feel beat up, well you are probably overtraining, if you feel ok, then you are probably under training. There are other factors as well, like not eating enough, or not eating healthy enough, not getting enough sleep, including bad execution of the exercises.
The 8 Signs:
1) decrease in your performance level 1:45
2) feeling sore long time after workout 2:55
3) sudden loss of motivation to train 4:10
4) constantly getting sick 4:58
5) flat looking muscles 5:42
6) chronic or nagging injuries 6:35
7) general fatigue sluggishness 7:34
8) insomnia and restlessness 8:25
The 5 Prevention tactics:
1) ensure eating properly 9:05
2) getting enough sleep 9:42
3) not going overboard with your workouts 10:07
4) lower stress levels 10:55
5) incorporate a deload weak or take a week off entirely 11:35
Have a great workout, don't overtrain and stay strong :)
@Mc de Lima lol thanks bro you made my day :)
Thanks so much, you need to go up to be seen by the viewers.
@@clarencehenryfulcher836 Lets do it then...LIKE
MorJokerB thank you
god bless you
You know you had a good workout when you are struggling to make a U turn trying to get home.
Why you makimg u turns, you get lost on the way home?
@@MrKinghuman u dont have to make a wrong turn to take a u turn
enter a name here some roads just have unnecessary dividers that you can’t go over and have to u turn
Home gym is better
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Over training is so easy to do. I feel wrong when I go a couple days without going to the gym
Me too bro. Any advice?
Same bruh like I lowkey feel like I’m a disappointment if I miss just one day and then I got friends who be missin bout 55/40 of her workouts and she lives happier than ever like damn? Damn.
twink It’s discipline. AKA the greatest form of self-love.
@@lia-sz4vk Its all about the diet, so if youre not working out try to eat well
I always do high weights when I’m feel like I’m gonna pass out every set then take some pre and do the next exercise so I do a week of light jogs or very high reps and low weight
From my experience
Loss of grip strength
Unexpected sleepiness during day
Fucked up sleep pattern
Lack of focus in all activities
Stagnant progress
Fall in PRs
Fall in performance of bodyweight exercises.
Sudden popping of pain in random part of body.
Bro the insomnia hit me last night, I thought I did a fantastic workout, but afterwards I couldn't sleep.
Extreme headaches, a weakened spine and nauseating pain in my joints were my overtraining symptoms.
You'll never understand just how bad it is untill you experience it.
@@NoSubsWithContent yes that's true, experiencing it at the moment. How much time did you guys take off, before getting back into?
@@bigdawgxd1920 Same, the last few weeks I've been grinding HARD and yesterday I had to take a sleeping pill, because I couldn't fall asleep. My body wanted to fall asleep bit my brain said, TRAIN, TRAIN, TRAIN!
Sipe same I felt like I was kind of going crazy because of that
Signs you’re overtraining:
1) You get this video on your recommended page
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Guys overtraining is bad, that's why i rest 7 days a week
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Scary how spot on this guy is. The first symptoms is exactly what I experienced when I got tennis elbow from over training. My grip became significantly weaker and what was once doable for me, became nearly impossible and definitely effected my coordination. This guy knows his stuff.
How's your elbow now? I've also recently got tennis elbow but not sure how long it lasts
@@khalid9085 That makes two of us. I just started experiencing this, this week. I'm resting and massaging the area every few hours.
@@khalid9085 Just to give you an update, I let my arm rest for about 3 or 4 days before I started back training. The pain and symptoms are gone. I was able to get back to where I left off. I hope you've made some progress as well.
AllAmericanGuy01 Sweet thanks for the update bro, I didn’t mention it but I’ve also dislocated my shoulder so I’ll still be resting for a while longer, but my elbow has improved a bit regardless
Thats kinda hard to detect if youre in overtraining until its too late.
I for myself like training alot,listening to you music, working out, sweating and moving your body is like the best feeling ever.
And even if my workout goes 2hours im feeling happy and euphoric and still want to do more.
Its hard that your body is actually in a stress mode but youre feeling happy and excited, unknowingly damaging yourself.
That's how I got injured. I didn't know I was overtraining. It felt normal to me until it happened. I guess now knowing what to do and to look out for. We can adjust our workouts to better keep us in line. I know I won't do what I did to get injured again.
Me too man.
Yeah no joke man sometimes you just gotta beat the absolute fucking shit out of your body,just know you gotta pamper yourself for a day or two afterwards or youre fucked
I go hard 5 days a week and the weekend is my cheating days for me to go out to the movies dinner or even walks on the park I'll eat some junk food but very small portion I'm always happy to go work out and see my changes
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Over training is bad news! I injured my hand from it and I couldn’t even grip my steering wheel for 6 weeks. Super scary. Great video, great message! Keep it up!!
Messed up a ligament in my right thumb almost 2 years ago from doing 500 pushups every day, it still hurts and makes me nauseous when i do pull ups.
I have been overtrained for weeks. Hormones are way out of wack, sleep quality is consistently poor. Muscles look flat, and a declining state of well-being. Im going to take a few days off, maybe a week and see how I feel. This guy hit the nail on the head, i really needed to hear this.
11:24 Are my eyes deceiving me?
Dman yooo wtf I saw that too
Telekinesis bro
There's a glitch in the Matrix
Yo wtf
Maybe it's backwards.
I used to get sick (fever, sore throat, just like a flu) when pushed 100% on the gym, so I had me asking "why? am I overtraining?". Then I started to pay more attention to details and turned out I couldn't workout with fans or cold wind towards me, or this would overload my body. Now when I feel cold in the gym, I workout with more clothes, to deny this effect, and I can push harder as ever when before I had to always keep a close look on intensity.
So, maybe isn't your workout intensity, maybe you need to keep your body in more comfortable or optimal conditions, including nutrition and rest.
I'd also change the word "overtraining" for "under resting" or "under caring".
True. I used to train at home doing bodyweight workouts and I workout in a room thats free. When I workout in a colder room than others its much harder to do same amount of reps and sets than before, and i got fever and fatigue soonly after. When I got back to warmer rooms everything went normal.
It all makes sense now thanks op and second comment
Same here. My dad told me to show him pushups, I forced myself to go plus ultra, now the two days later my muscles hurt like HELL and I have a cold/fever hybrid. Hope I can bulk up before military.
How to avoid overtraining: don't exercise
Our training
How to avoid undertraining: exercise
That’s also how you become an obese piece of sh!t
@Moth Moniker It depends on your recovery. For younger people, it may be as little as 24 hours. For older people, it could take days. Also, the intensity of the workout and the level of your physical fitness factors in as well.
very informative and now i'm realising why my knees and ankle constantly hurt :/
I feel like my training coach is pushing me way too far and not allowing me to rest; I feel burned out and had to skip my workout today just to let my body rest and to protect my mental health. Overtraining is so real.
Yeah it’s like they don’t put into account that you have a different body than them and could be more acceptable to injuries or pain
Great video and information. I like the rhythm of your speech and absolutely love editing of the video. I just changed my workout a week ago, much more challenging now, with more HIIT incorporated and at the end of that week I got flu. So frustrated now, I was super motivated because the new challenge always stimulates me. I hope I will get used to this workout. I usually don't get sick easily.
Great video. I was undereating for my activity level, one of the components to overtraining. Explains why I had many of the issues he mentions. I ate well and drank plenty of beer this weekend and rested. Gotta readjust my food intake and try to train in a healthy proper way
But what if I shift into *MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE*
You will overtake everyone
@@derespinata7674 🤠♋
You'll overtrain and get diseases
Aids
Misery aids
This video has made me realised I might be overtraining and that's because of my lack of sleep
I had every single symptom on the list about a 2 week ago. Just finished a deload last week and optimized my workouts getting rid of redundant exercises, lowering sets/upping reps, and moving things around so that there's adequate rest for each muscle group before the next workout. I had too many sets @ max intensity and many overlapping movesets.
Anyways, after my deload I've started gaining strength again(didn't lose any) and my insomnia has gone away(it was so terrible). I don't feel intense emotional distress before workouts anymore for the first time in weeks. That nagging shoulder pain i had has subsided. I think I'll be deloading once every 6-8 weeks of intense workouts from now on. Good video and good advice.
Could you tell me what you did during deload ? did you take some supplements?
Been with you since less than 10k subs, glad to see your channel is booming. Well deserved. Said it back then and I’ll say it again now, you’re the most straight up, honest fitness advice out there.
I've been training dedicated and bulking for about 6 months. When daylight savings time started I started sleeping bad, continously waking up at night, generally feeling weak and shitty, even being able to bench less than I was used to. I wasn't sure what was happening but I started to think I was maybe overtraining. I took a few days off and I felt a lot better. I have a lot of symptoms mentioned in the video so I will take a week off. Can't to get in the arena again though. Thanks for the informative video!
I had a similar experience; daylight savings fucked me up (plus life stresses).
Thank you. My nervous system is telling I’m over training your video confirmed this.... I’ll decrease some sets.
Ozzie Jim yes that must be very nervous to find out 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@alien2324 take your upvote and leave
1000 subs with no content ?? Don’t tell me to leave I’ll knock your cow unconsious
just when i needed it
thanks
Why what happened
I love the small abstract footage of impressions to your clips👌!
Started over training with benching. And now i can't even muscle up anymore because my joints feel so brittle and chest hurts as I try to transition to the top.
I'm losing grip strength and it's affected my ability to do curls with the maximum form, particularly on the right arm.
@@Speedyreedy1218 what is? Benching? Or overtraining in general? Yeah bud its no good. Sometimes I feel I should have just stuck to calisthenics only. Started to bench because everyone was doing it but me. BIG MISTAKE. Like I said, can't even do a muscle up without my shoulders feeling broken lol hurts so much. My body remembers the technique but is too worn down to get over the bar.
@@joshuaolmedaful Yep, I think both. I think my form on benching is what caused the wrist pain initially. I've heard Jeff from AthleanX mentioning doing your bench routine on the floor can help relieve the tension. Something about the structure of the bench when you're coming down on the barbell make make you inadvertently place an emphasis on a particular body part (wrist, which may lead to joint and tendon issues. Maybe the shoulder on a chest press which could stress your labrum).
I think people's...(don't know if miseducation or uninformed would be the better word here) of over training is an issue too. I've realized it's not always about a very obvious, visible, significant injury but anything unusual regardless of how minor (no fracture, but extended soreness, small, but lingering pain, grip tendencies, etc) are signs. We don’t want to give up training altogether. But have to be better at how we work around stuff.
@@joshuaolmedaful Yeah, the grip strength and shoulder stiffness has cautioned my confidence to attempt some pull and chin ups. Every time I place my fingers on it...even just for a dead hang...I get this feeling I may tear a rotator cuff so just step away from the bar. Guess I gotta get the forearms at a good level of strength to compensate as I wait for the other parts of the arm to get their acts together.
@Second Earth Good tip. I started putting some ankle weights on my wrist to compensate for the actual dumbbell until the joints get some relief for me to lift them again.
Loss of grip strength is a really good indicator of overtraining.
I'm overwhelmed by how good quality all your videos have, so much wisdom coming from one man, it's really impressive and I've learned a lot of you already, and I gradually change my eating and training as I learn more. I bet in a few years from now you'll reach 10 million subscribers. I only watch your videos to learn about eating and training now.
2,6,7,8. I am definitely overtraining. My doc also thinks so. Gotta deload. Great video. Thanks!!
5:00, this was one that was boggling me. I workout, I don’t drink, I eat healthy, I have good hygiene, & I get good rest every night but I’ve had a runny nose & sniffles for the past month. It never occurred to me that I was overtraining because I only do intense workouts 4 days of the week but this video helped me identify my overtraining.
I workout every day 2 hours but I realised how helpful having the sunday off was as the next week I feel fully charged up
Great video! Finally useful info about overtraining.
When you reach the point where you feel like your not getting stronger take a week off. Don't think about working out and just enjoy life. You'll feel a lot more energized when you train again.
Be mindful of how much caffeine you are ingesting throughout the day as well. I was totally screwing myself by having caffeine multiple times throughout the day. Just one more thing causing cortisol levels to be consistently high.
Theres no such thing as overtraining when ur on juice
But we all know that is for pussies.
@@foreignfoamer3592 my hero
@LateNightViewing . Not in all cases. If you want to compete you have to take roids. But if you take them just for fun then yea, you are a lazy pussy looking for an easy way.
@@foreignfoamer3592 theres a people thay use them for performance enhancing and a people whp use them for competition just like different types of people o the gym. Horses for courses ironically steroids are mea t for horses too
@@foreignfoamer3592 if you want to compete steroids is not an option do it naturally. Plenty of protein chicken, steak and fish supplement fish oil and vitamin E
Take vitamins a sure take.
Wow!!! Great information. I recently got into a new workout system where I’m lifting heavy for three days, and yoga the next three days. I get enough sleep and I eat healthy. I don’t drink. But recently this past Saturday I’ve been fighting off this really bad cough. I couldn’t figure out why I was sick. But due to the stress from my relationship, working crazy hours on set in the freezing cold with barely anything on. I believe the stress and overworking out did it. Thanks for the information! Great stuff
Oops... i should have watched this when I first saw it. I didn't think i over did it but i haven't been sick in like 5 years then BOOM! i feel like death..
Liked and subbed for speaking sense. Its good to hear "work smarter, not harder" in this area, when often the impression in fitness is more more, harder harder.
Thank you. Very good Information 👍🏽
Thanks Max/GTZ! Another great vid. Appreciate the topic! Keep doing the great work you do!
Facts , I do it all the time and I get a cold all the time :/
YOU LACK DISCIPLINE!
Pattern overload 7:04
🔥🔥🔥🔥Another fire video bro! 🔥🔥🔥🔥 Iooking swole speaking the truth - - Thanks man!
so..... i was actually kinda expecting this since i looked up " what if i overused my joints" since i have been feeling extreme pain in my wrist for a month of so. now i can say for sure tired, joints pain, long soreness while i am very much not a beginner, and i get sick a lot. so i have: 2,4,6,7,8(maybe not 100% sure about the 8 one) i would like to ask, if i did overtrained how can i help my body to recover without seeing a doctor since this can take up to 2 month for that by then i would probably feel great a gain + i dont want to lose my mussel or strength
thank you so much for your videos you really keep me going and i love watching your videos so keep up your good & important work
Soo, I'm not overtraining, thank goodness, I just have DOMS
I have 2 Full Body Sessions per week in the weight room which last around 2-2.5hrs each. My weight training involves Power Snatches, DEADLIFTS, OHP, SQUATS, Glute Thrusts, PULL-UPS and a couple of accessory exercises for tricep and back. Then I have 3 morning sessions, in each one of those I do a light jog for around 5-8 minutes, bowl for around 30-35 minutes at a stretch (Cricket), then I move onto Broad Jumps (5*5), then some medicine ball slams and throws (around 60-70 reps divided in 10 reps per set ).Then I have 3 core sessions in the week. Each one is around 20-25 minutes long. And lastly, I walk (at around 3-4km/h) for 2 hrs a day, 7 days a week.
My nutrition is quite up to the mark. I am fulfilling my daily caloric requirements. I am 5'10'' and weigh 72kg. I take around 3000 calories and around 4.5 ltrs of water a day(Weather is quite hot, avg. day time temp. around 35-40 deg. celcius) . My sleep time os around 6-7 hrs a day on average.. Some days I sleep for 8-9 hrs and some days for 5-6 hrs.
I was going well till around 19th- 20th March but then suddenly I started losing my explosiveness in power moves like snatch. I also started losing my grip strength. I hit my PR 100kg in DL on 19th March and then it was all downfall in the later sessions. Same with Power snatch and OHP. I had to remove 5-7kg from the bar. But one movement that I am progressing is squats. But other movements are affected and I am now weaker at those..
Am I OVERTRAINING?? If not, then why this downfall?? Any science backed suggestion would be greatly appreciated!!!🙂
I wanna know more about pattern overload. I mean, is it you mean that one part everyday? Or just same pattern repeating..? Plz.. Explain
It's pretty clear he meant do the same exercise every time. So yes same part same exercise, but you could change the exercise and keep training the same part.
Theodore Bagwell this much I understood clearly as you did but.. What wanna know is different.. Plz read between the lines, my lines
Ok so if you shock the muscle too much is that what you mean?
What got me was this "Nagging" same hamstring pull. stupid me.. Searched for "Overtraining" and ended back here on this channel. OT is REAL.
case in point. I went FULL bore on a leg day on Wednesday, even PR'd 5x5 Squats. WOOT. The next day was a rest day and went for a mild jog and ended up motivated and started wind sprints.. Pulled that DAMN inner ham string muscle again.. Now I'm nursing it.. Going to take off next week to recover.
I enjoy watching this Channel. Covers topics that are easy to understand without all the yelling, telling you have to do this and that or poking at others. To me, gives a mature fantastic way to look at and understand realistic concepts of what my body can and can't, should and shouldn't do and more over has data to back it up. Sure, I watch other channels but I always finding myself coming back here for the "Real Scoop".. Thanks GT. Now if you can explain how to recover from a strained Ham string and still hit the gym would be fantastic.. LOL.. /jk.
You know what I feel weakness didn't eat enough high proteins and I been work-out like 8 month right now.. But I don't have enought money to buy food..
I just wanted to say thank you so much for what you do. I’ve been working out off and on for years (more off than on) and always had some kind of physical activity that I was into such as skateboarding, basketball, tennis, etc. But I have always had a terrible diet and I never really stuck with working out or studied enough to know what I was doing. I would work out for a few weeks or even months but then quit and never really ate good. Recently I decided to get dedicated to living a healthy lifestyle and I have been watching this channel and a few others and the progress I have made in the past several weeks is the best of my life. I’m eating substantially better, my form is better, I feel better and I can feel myself getting stronger. I can already lift more and I don’t feel fatigued as I used to. And the other day in the store with my wife I ran into a friend I havne’t seen in months and the first thing he asked was if I had lost weight. And the best part is now I actually love going to the gym. It’s my favorite part of the day. But I’m pacing myself. I know my own limits. I wanted to go to the gym today but I knew I was not properly recovered yet so I took the day off and just took a long walk to get some kind of activity.
I hurt my elbows and lower biceps by over training. I couldn’t bend my arm for weeks
same for me..its swells up too
I hurt my lower biceps some months before , stay out for some weeks
Mpafiarikh Alepou that’s worse. You should continue training but with less intensity or shorter duration. The weaker you get the higher the chance of injury becomes
@@roblogs7168 I couldn't stop training so I kept going to gym and eventually it kept me more time to recover
I also hurt my biceps and my chest and then i thought i was fine i over did triceps.
5 days later, when i lift my arms in the air... i feel that feeling when you get loss of blood to the limb or like a fatigue feeling,,,,its really not good.
My body is obviously trying to recover still.
Im only 2-3 weeks in to the gym (including the days i hurt myself and 2-3 days rest between the hurt times.)
Im doing the one punch man (Saitama) training which is.. ~100 Push-ups. ~100 Sit-ups ~100 Squats. ~10 Kilometer run (6.2miles)
But Saitama overdid his training but became super strong but lost his hair and what i think of it is, its not that hard but sometimes overdoing is a good option i think, i overdue my training sll the time.
a question, I am workin out 6 times a week, always doing different groups, like for example tricep and chest and bicep and back,
usually my exercises last 1 hour 30 min, to 1 hour 45 min, am i overdoing it?
I need to know too that’s my exact routine lol
Chris Arango same
wish I could say Same
I NEED TO KNOW TOO
Well, atleast try to eat according to your workout and how much your body asks for, then it should be no problem:)
You just described how I derailed myself back when I was on a ship on deployment trying to get in good shape. I had massive gains at first, but I guess the physical stress and stress of bad sleep patterns and job stress got me. I had weak wrist problems that caused pain, and I actually started to feel like I was getting weaker before I finally had to quit for almost a month before recovering.
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I don't see a problem here......
I think I was starting to get these symptoms but then I got an injury from a bad move and I gave my self a week break and came back stronger than ever
You just need to sleep more, avoid ego lifting and eat good... XD
So basically just a rest day lol you could of just said that
@@dannymexia5961 And take a big, rotten, hairy, filthy dump to clean your system out for a healthy life style.
There is so many retards trying to impress other with weight loolll Low IQ at work!
Roberto Feuerbach If you are suffering from this, take a week off. Then come back with revised diet and training structure [means dustribution of weight per set].
Ye but y did u comment twice?
As always, excellent content in your videos. This is particularly very timely for me. Thanks for posting, man.
I got sick!!!!!! And feel less motivated...... yes Im resting the next few days
here's another one that can indicate overtraining: (doesn't apply to beginners)
after you are done with your workout, what do you feel? exhausted? like you need to sleep it off? like everything hurts? in kinda a neutral leaning towards a bad mood?
or do you feel tired but also strangely energized a bit? like you can still get shit done? and a little more positive?
if its consistently the first one, you might be over training, are stressed or not getting enough rest .. or all 3 combined.
after a workout yes you should feel a bit of muscle fatigue, and should be tired, but you shouldn't be coming out feeling like shit, exhausted and sleepy..
that is the number one sign i know to tell something is up!
This is for a person who is lifting weights, and has been working out consistently for a few months now and things have kind of stabilized as far as how your body should be reacting. a beginner and especially those training endurance or trying to lose weight will be much more tired .. but regardless if you're eating, sleeping and training right you should come out of the gym feeling good physically and mentally.
Hit it hard with legs today but feeling sore af and sick. Gotta be at work in a few hours too. FML😑
Lol dont do legs once a week if u r doing that hit them a few times a week but with less volume per session. Eg if ur doing 9 sets of legs in 1 workout in 1 week. Split it in 3 workouts a week 3 sets every workout. Works great trust me
@@ademabunowar2847 Ty👍
@Jim A Mind yo bizi pimp!
@Jim A damn straight gramps
The best way for you to get ride of that soreness is by doing legs twice a week
The best video I could see on this subject. Thank you for the informative stuff.
say that to ronnie "yeah buddy"
Daniel Camargo lightweight baby
But ronnie isnt all that healthy now that his older
Will try your advice of deloading. Really need a refreshing week, hope to get back stronger and more motivated.
Any suggestions for lower back strengthening?
Plank
dead lifts
I've seen the most gains when I work a muscle and let it rest until it's barely sore,usually 2 to 3 days and then I go hard again. It took me a while to learn what kind of soreness is best.
I used to go 4 times but worked too many of the same groups in the workouts, resulting in barly any results, then started a push pull legs 6 day routine where every group has at least two days of rest exapt for core and legs and boom, suddenly I got bigger. In the end, I could probably get the same results with just going 4 with compound based workout but as someone with sleeping issues working out so often helps me to sleep. I just feel stupid because I basically wasted an entire year from 16 to 17 by being a fool with no understanding of what I was supposed to do...
I overtrained and i got 40 celsius fever
I have been struggling with sleep so bad since I started training really hard 7 months ago. I never thought I could be over training but after watching this it’s got me thinking.
You had me at "it lowers your sex drive"
Great explanation!
Is it okay to train the same muscle two days in a row?
radient you should give that particular muscle at least a day of rest
Depends on the intensity of the workout. If you do a leg workout and decide to throw in one set of triceps to confused the body, then the the next day work chest and triceps it won’t hurt.
I had same question
radient it depends on how intense your workout on previous day. Usually not recommended!!!
radient I think you should rephrase the question as, do you think a muscle can recover in less than 24 hours? It depends on how hard you work the muscle. If your using steroids it’s okay because muscles heal faster when your on juice.
I have learned so much just by watching these videos. I am spot on where I want to be in my workout routine. I have a Great Trainer who is working with me to get me where I want to be. But these Videos are sure helping.
I have a 6 yr old and am stressed im always sick haha my volume is growing tho so i think ill be fine
Very fine video. One of your most valuable and important.
Damn. I have every single one of these symptoms 😂😂
SAME!!
Yup mainly from grinding hella push ups daily as a beginner
dang
I overtrained from 16 till 18. Now i train 3 times a week and feel better than when i trained 9 times a week
I haven’t had a cold in 15 years lol
Nice video and very informative thanks
Yea this was actually helpful
Good coverage, appreciate your support
Overtraining doesnt exist if you ask CT Fletcher.
yes i dont listen this guy anymore
Is that a tampon?
Davion Maxwell it’s your mf ing set Bulo
Bruce lee.
I think i overtrained the otherday, my shoulder felt like someone shot me, i couldnt sleep but after 2 days of ice,rest and no arm workouts it got better
As an athlete I workout,but I dont workout with heavy weights(10lbs for biceps,arms...)I train everyday,does that means that I'm overtraining
Thanks man,,,,by many videos i thought i was overtraining,, and u cleared my thought,, that I'm not
10:46 shout out to bipolars like me!
Mentally illness does not make you special
I would fall asleep at ANYTIME!! On the way home, 3:30 in the afternoon.. driving and 😴😴 in a snap. But when I left work I had crazy energy. It’s the craziest thing in the world. At that time I was working out 1.5 to 2 hours a day, pure cardio.. broken time of course, nothing straight.
I rode my static bike for 30 minutes until my shirt is all super wet, and I did 50 pushups everyday.
So that's why I am not feeling great (flu, fever, sore body)
Any recommendations on push-up reps & and when to rest? Thanks :D
Dont ride with a wet shirt
Do hiit
Great value
My body transformation is on the way,WATCH OUT peeps!!!! 💪💪💪
This video’s awesome. Thanks!!
Anyone else see the magic clip levitate at 11:24??
The video clip used was reversed i guess. Or he's magneto.
@@vstv61991 Indeed... how bad ass would that be though, to have your clips just basically attach themselves :D
@@mgtowarena9636 ohh boy that wouldnt that be great. Add to that automatic reracking of weights and thats the dream
@@vstv61991 Ha! Yes, I only lift 2.5 hours a week (among other activities that I do) but even still that would be amazing. Perhaps we can build a robot to do all of that :D
You hit every topic. Thank you
I have 8:25
Great video!
Almost 1 million
Hey Max !
really appreciate the explanation :)
I got a question though..
what would be your recommended amount of a daily workout session ?
I have been training for the past year and a bit (2-3 month) and I’ve experienced a great change so far.
My workouts has been mostly for a 5 days a week of 2.5 up to 4 hours of gym time (daily).
I am trying to cut my workouts at half but due to a variety of reasons I feel that less than the amount I’ve mentioned per session I am not reaching the point of progress.
could I be leading myself towards over-training ?
Thanks again and big ups on your vids, totally inspiring :)
Great video, just a quick note. If you're dieting (you're in a deficit) you will experience most of these symptoms and overtraining won't be the reason.
So what do I do , do I rest today ? I got a physical job that I do 40 hrs a week . And 3 weeks ago I started to workout again everyday (cardio , and lifting weights ) and getting on a diet of 1500calories . I didnt experienced any fatigue until today , or I should say last night I was cold af and had some vertigo + fatigue .I sleep between 6-7hrs a day btw .
@@enderdadon696 This is way too much man, you're overdoing it. Once you plateau there is nowhere to go.1500 calories is nothing if you do 40hrs + weights and cardio. First go up with the calories, then eliminate cardio, and focus on strength based training with free weights mostly. Increase sleep to 7-8 if possible. Train 4-5 days max. You need full rest days to recover properly. If you go on like that not only you won't get the results you are looking for, but you are risking health problems.
@@ventsislavstefanov9590 Ok thanks for the advice 👊
Thank you for this video, its really awesome.
One easy way to avoid over training, is if you don't feel like training, don't. Now of course this applies to people who are dedicated and not lazy. Since you only need to train ones a week to maintain your gains, you can give your body all the rest it needs. Also on the progressive overload, listen to your body, only increase when it feels natural to do so, if your not feeling it naturally, it's a sure sign that you are overtraining, of course this is open to interpretation, so you have to monitor your progress, if you don't see progress after a while, then you have to evaluate, "am I under training or overtraining?" If you feel beat up, well you are probably overtraining, if you feel ok, then you are probably under training. There are other factors as well, like not eating enough, or not eating healthy enough, not getting enough sleep, including bad execution of the exercises.