How to elude Over-training to Maximize Muscle Growth

Almost anybody that is picked up a set of weights has or will experience symptoms of over-training at 1 time in there muscle building program. Over-training can lead to heavy injury, protracted fatigue, and even muscle loss.

Over-training is very common amongst sportsmen and particularly muscle builders, since they figure that coaching as much as humanly possible is the quickest way to massive muscle gains.

Now this doesn’t suggest you do not have to put plenty of effort in to see some decent results…. Whether you are a bodybuilder, sportsman, or just someone that wants to add some additional mass to your frame, you want to train hard and be consistent-that’s a given. In order to get the most out of your genetics, you have to gradually overload the muscles by inflating the weight and / or power of each weight coaching workout.

And that is exactly what I should cover in this article.

The consequences of Over-Training on Bodybuilders

First, let’s take a look at some of the consequences of over-training and how one can stop over-training from occuring in the first place.

The results of Over-training on the Frightened System

Over-training effects both the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems in the following negative ways:

* Higher resting heart rate
* Feeble appetite
* High blood pressure
* Weight loss
* Difficulty sleeping
* Increased metabolic rate
* Irritability
* Early onset of fatigue

The results of Over-training on Hormone Levels

Many studies have suggested that over-training adversely effects the levels of hormones, as well as the hormone reply in the body. Since hormones play such a vital role in the muscle building process, this may have a damaging effect on your coaching progress.

Over-training has been show to:

* Decrease testosterone levels
* Increase cortisol levels

The increase in cortisol levels along with the decrease in testosterone levels is a deadly combo, since this leads to protein tissue break down.

The results of Over-training on the Immune System

perhaps one of the most worrying side effects of over-training is it’s negative result on the immune system-you’re bodies first protection against harmful viruses and bacteria.

Over-training can seriously decrease the levels of antibodies and lymphocytes in your body, making you much more susceptible to illness. Simply put, this means that if you are in a state of over-training, you’re far rather more likely to become ill. Since you’ll have to skip workouts while you are sick, your muscle building progress will slow considerably.

The consequences of Over-training on the Metabolic System

* Chronically exhausted glycogen levels
* Slow, feeble muscle contractions
* Used creatine phosphate stores
* Excessive accumulation of lactic acid
* Extreme DOMS (delayed onset muscle tenderness )
* Tendon and connective tissue damage

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