6 ways to avoid overstressing the body

Disrupted sleep, sudden high pulse, training doesn’t feel good or feels forced, constant illness, or losing your temper because of small things? These could all be symptoms of overstress or
overtraining. You might be thinking that overtraining doesn’t concern you because you’re not an athlete. But in reality, overstress, or chronic fatigue can be a problem for anyone from athletes to those maintaining their basic fitness levels.

Overstress isn’t only caused by excessive training, but the whole consisting of exercise, nutrition, stress, and recovery. A very common cause for overstress among people who train is too little rest and recovery combined with excessive activity and stress. In this situation, the overall stress from life grows too large compared to what we can recover from; during overstress, the body and mind can’t recover optimally from the stress they are being subjected...

Do you want more energy, to be in better shape and sleep better, without injuries or fear of overexertion? It’s possible, if we take into account certain things in our training.
Let’s look at these in more detail.

STABILITY AND MOBILITY

Stabilizer muscles and mobility form the basis of our fitness pyramid. When the lower part of the pyramid has more capacity than is required to maintain the body’s ability to perform, we stay healthy. If the pyramid is turned on its head, the body experiences additional stress and it causes different injuries and sprains.

Your body is only as strong as its weakest link. In order to be able to train with high intensity without breaking the body, the stabilizing muscles must be in good shape. If the support for our shoulder blades fails, the shoulders are elevated up toward the ears. At the same time the posture gets worse when the muscles that support the shoulder blades aren’t able to keep the shoulders in the right position....