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Everyone knows the health benefits of following a regular exercise routine, but some fitness freaks make exercising compulsive that becomes unsafe and unhealthy. Regular workout makes one physically strong and tone up body muscles and it`s good to go beyond your limits at times, but if you`re following a strenuous exercise routine regularly, you are making your body vulnerable to illness and injuries. As your body needs time to recover after a hectic workout session, over exercising puts your body at risk. For those who have become obsessive to exercise, must reduce the frequency of your workouts. Burning more than 3500 calories a week comes under over exercising thus you should keep a check on the calories that you burn each day.

Signs of over exercising:
When exercising goes beyond your body`s ability to take workout session in a healthy way, you start developing over exercising symptoms such as feeling tired and restless all the time, muscles soreness,  sleep disturbances, frequent headaches, increased resting heart rate, depression, sudden weight loss, irritability, increased chances of injuries, reduced appetite, increased susceptibility to infections,  pain, etc. Those who regularly exercise, if develops any or combination of above symptoms indicates that you`re over exercising, thus cut-off the frequency of your workouts to stay safe and healthy.     

Effects of over exercising:
Over exercising puts your health at risk and it can present severe health effects than you`ve thought. Dehydration is the most common problem from which fitness freaks suffer as increased sweating and less intake of required fluids during and pre or post workout session leads to unequal fluid balance. Depression, loss of appetite, sleep disorders are some common problems that one can get due to over exercising. Some other problems are injuries such as bone fractures, physical damage to cartilage and ligaments, etc. Social withdrawn to meet the compulsive workout sessions is among some other bad effects of over exercising.            
Thus, over exercising not only affects the physical abilities , but the mental level as well. Over exercising may lead to reduced interest in studies, work, personal life, etc.

Thus, over exercising affects the overall well-being of an individual. If you are experiencing any of the above listed symptoms or pain, you must stop your workout session as it indicates an unhealthy and unsafe workout plan. Set realistic goals and don`t try to go beyond that as you`re doing them to maintain your overall health and not to deteriorate your physical well-being. Over exercising may harm you in variety of ways, so make a realistic and safe workout plan.