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 to, and the body starts to show symptoms.

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