While working out does a body good, can you push it too far? Fitness Burnout is a real thing. And, I’m not talking about wanting the occasional extra day off – I’m talking about feeling run down both physically and mentally to the point where you’d rather do almost anything else other than workout.
For this week’s Fit Five Friday, I’m sharing some tips to help avoid fitness burnout.
Fit Five Friday – Avoiding Fitness Burnout
Rest & Recovery: Overtraining will not help you to reach your goals faster and can, in fact, lead to diminished performance and potential injury. It’s important to give yourself time enough for adequate rest and recovery – this includes ensuring you’re getting enough sleep!
Dial-in on Nutrition: Right along with ensuring your getting enough rest and recovery time, make sure you’re fueling and hydrating your body properly before, during, and after a workout. Being deficient in any of your macronutrients or being dehydrated will impact your body’s ability to recover properly.
Attainable goals: While it’s always great to challenge yourself if the pressure to achieve your goal is too high, perhaps it’s time to reassess the goal. Setting realistic, attainable goals allows you to see progress and helps to keep you motivated and engaged.
Switch things up: Sometimes you need a break from your routine, so be willing to switch things up, whether that’s in the form of cross-training or a new running route.
Enlist a buddy: Everything’s better with friends, right? If you usually work out or run solo, make plans to meet up with a friend for a sweat sesh.
How do you stave off fitness burnout?
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Feelings of burnout definitely happen to the best of us. I use all of these techniques especially switching it up and getting more sleep. Currently, feeling burnt out w social media!
I’ve utilized all the tips you highlighted, but the one that has the most impact is switching things up. Cross-training has been a godsend, especially in terms of keeping things in balance & giving me options when running (or anything, actually) needs a breather.
Nutrition is a good one. That coupled with good rest is key to success.