How to Avoid Overtraining

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Reduce your time in the gym. When building muscle, more is NOT better. Muscles need time to rest and recover before they will grow for you. 3 or 5 days a week is the most you ever need to be at the gym, with a 45 minute session and an hours max

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   Give your muscles plenty of rest. Your muscles need time to heal in between workouts - the average person needs a week in between workouts before the muscles have recovered enough for another workout.
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   Get plenty of rest yourself. A full night's sleep of 8-9 hours is needed for your muscles to maximize their recovering efforts.
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   Start eating more. The more you eat, the more nutrients your body has to give your muscles, and the faster your muscles can recover.
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   Take a shower, and put on the hottest water you can handle for one minute, and then switch to the coldest you can handle for another minute, all on your muscles, repeat 3-4 times for great results.