How do you know if you're spending too much time at the gym?
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When the gym regulars start paying their dues directly to you.
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You may have started with too strenuous a routine. A lot of people do it. Seems OK at the time, but you regret it later. It's important to know your limits before starting a workout regimen. You want to go with something you know you'll be able to keep up. Try a lighter workout schedule when you're feeling better. Hope that helps.
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They will if you over do it and you have only just started exercising.  Ask the gym for a plan of exercises.  You will ache until you get fitter and then you won't ache so much.  Also, make sure you warm up and cool down stretch that way you will avoid getting yourself an injury.
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It means you have a lot of time.
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Trust me; it's natural for a normal guy to wanna be bigger and fitter than the one next to you. : P\n\nAs long as your time and energy with work, friends and family are kept in good balance with the time you spend in gym, why should you feel bad?
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i think you have too much time on your hands
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There is a saying, and it goes like this: Anything in excess is harmful. \n\nToo much of a good thing becomes bad. Too much food, medicine,  water and even too much oxygen is harmful. My advise is take things in moderation, including workouts. Living healthy and fit is good as long as it is pursued in moderation, not excessively or obsessively.
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What happens when I run to much
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I totally understand how you feel. I used to work out 5-6 times a week and was a size 6/8, but then I went travelling and ended up having a 2 year break. I ballooned in this time coz I was still eating the same abouts of food I was when I was working out all the time. I got really depressed about it all and hated seeing myself in the mirror. I decided it was time to go back to the gym, so found a great one (very expensive) and thought that was it - I was sorted...well I was wrong! I went to the gym once or twice, but found it really hard to deal with not being as fit/toned/small as I used to be that I just didnt go....of course that made me feel even worst, coz I was now feeling guilty for not going when I had the membership. \nAfter about 2 months of paying for this very expensive membership and not having been more than twice, I got a call from the gym saying they would like to help me with a 'refocus' session. So I went (and again, it was very hard to get there, but I made myself coz I had made the appointment) and got a new programme for a personal trainer. I explained my situation and so she made the programme very basic, so I wouldnt be intimidated by it. Im now going to the gym 3 times a week and being good to myself - realising it will take time to get back to where I was 2yrs ago, but I WILL get back there if I keep going to the gym. My mind set is now much more positive and I like working out again, even though its still very hard!\nI think you just have to push past the barriers you have that are keeping you from exercise. Talk to yourself and remember how good you feel when you do it and remember how lousy you feel when you dont!\n\nI hope this has helped - you're not the only one! Go for it and good luck!!
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you gat to do alot of exercise , you have spend too long time sitting down, you gat  to know there are other thing that can intrest you not just by sitting on the screen front all day long ,
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"no pain, no gain" is what I follow to an extent. I work out vigorously but I know when to stop. There is a certain point where you will no longer get results but hurt your body. I take one day off from the gym every week to let my body rest but that is just me. If I take more than 1 day off I feel like I am "slacking off"\n\nHope this helps.\nwww.jifitness.com
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none, except your bladder may become overactive again.
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joe,\n\nNo matter the physical activity you partake in, if you're eating more calories than you're burning, then you'll pack it on...no way around it.\n\nAnother situation is that perhaps you are losing fat mass and gaining muscle mass...see, muscle weighs more than fat, so the only way you'll notice sometimes is to see if your physique is improving...so, get off the scale and look at how you LOOK...if you're looking better, you'll know.
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Your body usually tells you when you have overdone, and yours apparently is.\n\nIf you have been doing nothing else that might bring on a backache, such as heavy lifting, it sounds like you just overdid.  \n\nMy home (not medical - as I am not a doctor) advice is put an Ice Pack on your back when it hurts.  Read the instructions on the Ice Pack so you don't cold burn your skin.  Then, in about 3 days, start doing your sit ups again - but do them in graduated amounts.  Like one set of 25 the first few days, and if the pain does not return, go up to 2 sets of 25 in the morning and 2 sets at night.  Then, in about a week, go back to your 100 at night, but still do them in sets of 25, with a short (about 5 deep breaths) rest in between.\n\nGo to the library and get yourself a book on exercise, as it take exercising more than the abs to get six packs.  Diet is also very important, as your body fat ratio has to be really low so the abs show.
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The gym.  It's a mindset kind of thing I suppose.  There are also less distractions.  Plus being around others pushes me to hit my reps harder so as to try and not look like a wussy.
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You're overdoing it. Be sure to do as much as you can without hurting yourself. Try to do a long set. You may have a hernia. Better get it checked out.
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If you are getting up too often you should mention this to your doctor and she/he may suggest urine and blood workups. Sometimes this is a symptom of an illness such as diabetes.