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Over–Training Can Kill You

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Overtraining is a condition that occurs when you work out too much or too hard without giving the body enough time to rest. It’s common among elite athletes who train beyond their body’s ability to recover, particularly when preparing for a competition or sporting event. Athletes often exercise longer and harder than the average person …

Tips For Better Training Recovery

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To become stronger, faster, and fitter, you have to push your body harder. But then you have to rest, too. All workouts, especially tough ones, stress the body. You’re fatiguing, or tiring out, various muscles when you work out, which means you’re causing microscopic damage to muscle cells. Hormone and enzyme levels fluctuate, and inflammation …