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Successful strength training relies on progressive overload, or gradually increasing the amount of work you do or weight you can lift. But overtraining can cause you to go backward, and cause you ...
Overtraining occurs when a person exceeds their body's ability to recover from strenuous exercise. [1] Overtraining can be described as a point where a person may have a decrease in performance and plateauing as a result of failure to consistently perform at a certain level or training load; a load which exceeds their recovery capacity. [2]
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Athlete's heart is a result of dynamic physical activity, such as aerobic training more than 5 hours a week rather than static training such as weightlifting. During intensive prolonged endurance or strength training, the body signals the heart to pump more blood through the body to counteract the oxygen deficit building in the skeletal muscles ...
An article on Insider (medically reviewed), neatly unpacks some of the myths around women and weightlifting. Among these myths is the idea that lifting weights will make you look “bulky.”
Exercise addiction is a state characterized by a compulsive engagement in any form of physical exercise, despite negative consequences. While regular exercise is generally a healthy activity, exercise addiction generally involves performing excessive amounts of exercise to the detriment of physical health, spending too much time exercising to the detriment of personal and professional life ...
An excess of training stimuli can lead to the problem of overtraining. [11] Overtraining is the decline in training performance over the course of a training program, often accompanied by an increased risk of illness or injury or a decreased desire to exercise. To help avoid this problem, the technique of periodization is applied.
Julia Linn started strength training at 62 after years of dieting, illness, and organ transplants. Here's how four years of lifting transformed her body.