Signs of Overtraining

- Changes in your sleep patterns, especially insomnia
- Longer healing periods for minor cuts and scratches
- Fall in blood pressure and dizziness when getting up from a prone or seated position
- Gastrointestinal disturbances, especially diarrhea
- Gradual loss of weight in the absence of dieting or increased physical activity
- Greater than usual increase in heart rate during a standard exercise session
- Leaden or sluggish feeling in legs during exercise
- Impaired mental acuity and performances or inability to concentrate
- Inability to complete routine exercise training sessions that were no special challenge previously
- Increase in resting heart rate (recorded early in the morning) by more than ten beats per minute
- Excessive thirst and fluid consumption at night
- Greater susceptibility to infections, allergies, headaches, and injuries
- Lethargy, listlessness, and tiredness
- Loss of appetite
- General loss of enthusiasm, drive, and motivation
- Loss of libido or interest in sex
- Irregular or no menstruation in premenopausal women
- Muscles and joint pain
- Sluggishness that persists for more than 24 hours after a workout
- Swelling of the lymph nodes