If these things are happening more often than not, it may be time to examine your workout routine and make sure you aren’t doing more harm than good.

Signs you may be overtraining:

Increased Injuries: If you find you are always dealing with an injury, you may be overdoing it.

Sleep Disturbances: If you always feel exhausted or have difficulty falling or staying asleep, you may need more recovery time.

Poor Recovery: Some soreness is expected, but it should not impact your daily quality of life.

Appetite Shifts: If you’re always starving or lose your appetite completely, big shifts could mean you’re overtraining.

Lowered Immunity: Overtraining strains your immune system, so if you struggle with frequent sickness, you may need to reduce intensity or frequency.

Weight Gain/Plateau: Overtraining can impact your metabolism, hormone health, and your body’s ability to gain/lose weight.

Poor Stress Tolerance: Even good stress is stress, so if your ability to manage your mental health effectively is impacted, you need to prioritize rest and recovery.

Decreased Performance: Building strength happens through recovery, so if you notice that your strength or performance is impacted, you may need more recovery time.

If you feel like you have your training dialed in and still are not seeing the results you want, nutrition is probably the missing piece. Your exercise takes up 1-2 hours of your day, but your food choices make up 16 hours (or more) of your day. Everyone is different, but having a coach that knows your body and your goals can be the way to go if you want to learn how to make your body function at its best.