Sarah M's List: Effects of Excessive Exercising

• If you don't have the proper training regimen, it can lead to frustration and pain
• plateau causes you to give up on exercising altogether, you lose the unseen benefits of what you are doing,
• over train, you could suffer from lack of sleep, increased heart rate at rest, lack of energy, compromised immune system and muscle or joint pain
• microscopic tears and swelling that occurs in the muscle tissue
• the risk of debilitating injury to your body when you don't use proper form during weight or cardio training or when you choose an exercise that is inappropriate for your fitness level.

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• • This is an interesting article, but it was published in 1985, science research/ studies have definitely changed and developed
• itness increasingly becomes an American passion that is pursued at times to the point of injury and even death
• effects on health and longevity and the physiological mechanisms that may account for them.
• studies show that while strenuous activities like jogging can sometimes precipitate a heart attack, over a lifetime exercise directly lessens the chances of heart attack and premature death
• ''If a person has only an hour to spend and wants to know the safest way to spend it, I'd say sit down - or better yet, lie down - and do nothing. But if a person has a lifetime to spend, it is not safest to spend that hour sitting; he'd be much better off exercising.''
• Sedentary living, the new studies suggest, accounts for one-third of a person's risk of developing heart disease and nearly a quarter of all cases of coronary heart disease in this country.
• Exercise has been shown to have both a direct independent effect in curbing cardiovascular disease and an indirect effect in its ability to reduce coronary risk factors like high blood pressure, overweight and Type A behavior (hard-driving, hostile, time-pressured people)
• However, some experts remain skeptical about the value of ''fitness'' in promoting health, let alone in extending life
• Although the overall risk of dying during vigorous exercise is very low, it is nonetheless higher than during the same amount of time quietly spent
• those who were most active had less than half the risk of suffering a first heart attack as those who did no vigorous activities
• ''vigorous physical exercise both protects against and provokes sudden cardiac death, any short-term risk of exercise is outweighed by the long-term beneficial effects.''

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• • This is a blog... most likely biased information, not the most reliable source. However, information is interesting.
• over exercise could just be as harmful as not exercising at all.
• If you experience dizziness, abnormal fast heart beat or difficulty in catching your breath or vomiting after strenuous exercise stop the workout immediatel
• Generally most doctors agree that strenuous and high intensity workout is harmful to those with heart complications, high blood pressure, diabetic and other
• Repetitive strenuous exercise may cause stiffness and soreness of neck,shoulder, arm, joint,upper and lower back
• Repetitive strenuous over exercise causes chronic muscle strain and pull.
• High intensity and over exercise can cause enormous oxidative stress and result in antioxidant insufficiency
• Severe iron deficiencies can also be noted on female that over exercise

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• According to a research done in Toronto, people who did aerobic exercise five days per week for more than 40 minutes, had lowered antibody production than those who did aerobic exercise three days per week
• By exercising too much, you can disrupt the chemical balance in your body
• cause certain health problems and stress on the immune system
• Too much exercise can increase production of cortisol and pro-inflammatory chemicals
• Over exercising also suppresses the immune system which can make people susceptible to disease causing microorganisms
• These chemicals can cause tissue damage and promote premature aging
• Plant-based food is one of the best ways to reduce the negative effects
• If you do exercise more than what is needed, you should pay close attention to your diet
• full of nutrients and antioxidants to help heal your body and reduce free-radical damage
• Free-radical damages your body by disrupting the atomic structure of your cells and DNA

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