Signs You Exercise Too Hard

Exercise has many benefits for the body because it can prevent you from diseases such as obesity and heart disease. But the exercise is done to excess can be bad for health.


Dehydration and dizziness is a common way your body tells you that you are exercising too hard. Signals the body to another short-term include difficulty breathing, foggy vision and a pounding heartbeat.


Here are some signs of long term you exercise too hard, as reported by the MNN, among others:


1. Disruption of the menstrual cycle



An article in the Journal of Family Practice shows that excessive exercise can be one cause of secondary amenorrhea, which occurs when a woman does not get a period for six months or more.


2. Myocardial fibrosis


Myocardial fibrosis is a condition where the heart valves thickened because activity was too strong. According to research, which requires endurance sports like marathons and bersepada extreme distance in the long term can lead to myocardial fibrosis.


3. The onset of the effect of addiction to sports


Excessive exercise can cause addictive effects on the body. If you skip your exercise routine even once, can cause discomfort in your body. This is because the body had been addicted to exercise because it used to be trained to work hard.


4. Hormone imbalance


Besides disturbing the female sex hormones and can affect menstruation, exercise too hard also cause excess levels of cortisol or stress hormones.


Based on research published in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research states that the increased concentration of cortisol in saliva is because the response to excessive activity. Excessive cortisol levels can cause a decrease in testosterone and a weakened immune system.


5. The decline in immune system function


A study published in the Journal of Applied Physiology states that vigorous exercise is carried out continuously over long periods of time is more than an hour and a half will take up 55-75 per cent oxygen.


Periods of intense exercise may lead to decreased immune system of your body.


6. Other symptoms


Other symptoms that may occur if you exercise too hard is easy to anxiety or depression, sleep disturbances, fatigue, decreased appetite accompanied by weight loss, and often sick.