Muscles Greatest Enemy - Over Training

Over training is probably one of the most common, yet dangerous, mistakes that people make when they want to build muscle. It is imperative that when you do workout, you stick to your plan and do not train more than you have planned. It is very tempting for people to over train, especially when they begin working out. You are never going to build muscle if you over train. Let me repeat that. You are never going to build muscle if you over train! So, do me and yourself a favor and stick to your plan.

The reason that you don't want to over train is because it does not give your muscles time to heal. If you know about muscle growth and building muscle mass, you should know that when you exercise, you are making tears in your muscles. These tears (which are microscopic), will then grow back bigger then they were before. Much like bones grow back stronger if they are broken. If you have ever broken a bone, then you may know that the bone grew back bigger and stronger then it did when you first broke it. Your muscles work the exact same way.

The problem with over training is that you do not give your muscles time to heal. This causes them to be continually broken down, which can lead to serious injury. Generally it takes 3 to 5 days for muscles to completely heal, and this number is slightly debatable. The number will fluctuate slightly depending on many factors (age, intensity of workout, diet, gender, etc.). Anyways, if you want to see really gains in your muscle mass, you need to make sure that you are not over training. I know it may be tempting because you want to get muscle mass faster, but you need to be patient, the muscle mass will come.