Overtraining symptoms

Common symptoms include:

Long-term decrease in sports performance
Less motivation to exercise
Low mood
Muscle soreness, aches and pains
Loss of good quality sleep
General tiredness or fatigue

Symptoms can vary wildly from person to person. Other life stresses, such as working long hours, difficult relationships, dieting, and not getting enough sleep, can accelerate the syndrome.
The only reliable method to assess if you have overtraining syndrome is to track how long it takes you to recover. If you bounce back after a week or two, you probably weren't overtraining.

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