Exercise stresses the body. (It's supposed to do that.) During strength training, individual muscle fibers are actually torn down. But during rest, the body recovers. It repairs those muscle fibers, and it becomes stronger and better able to handle the next workout. But if you exercise improperly or too much and don't rest between workouts, all the exercising will actually make you weaker. This even has a name: Overtraining syndrome. The Dayton Daily News reports that overtraining is an easy mistake to make, especially for avid exercisers who reach a performance plateau--and want to go further.
"Once the association is made between overtraining and the value of taking time off, it's a matter of respecting and listening to your body. It will always let you know when it needs a break," says the Daily News. Rest is required to make a full recovery. If you don't rest, your body can't give you its all the next time you put it through the paces. Symptoms of overtraining include weakness, chronic soreness, fatigue, moodiness, irritability, depression, loss of appetite, and difficulty sleeping. The only treatment for overtraining is rest so your body can repair the damaged muscles and build them up again.
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