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Harmful effects of addictive excess exercise

Risks Vs Benefits

The benefits of exercise are many and widely known. It improves ones quality of life, reduces risks of chronic diseases and even reduces certain types of carcinomas. The proper bodily functioning is augmented by exercise and builds up muscle bulk and strength. It should be emphasized to any individual that excess addictive exercise could result in more harm than good.

 Excess exercise 

In the early 1970,s in the United State doctors began to report an increase in exercise related injury. Initially it was attributed to the mass enthusiasm exercise had gathered in the decade or the exercise boom. But as time passed it was discovered that masked in this boom there was a hidden element of exercise addiction.

Physical harms include musculaskeletal and ligament injury as seen in many elite level athletes. Tendon overuses injury. Rhabdomyelysis leading to destruction of muscle and renal failure.

Psychological harm manifests in anxiety and depression when cannot engage in exercise and demonstrated by

1.Salience, when the physical activity becomes the paramount activity in life

2.Mood modification, when the exerciser reports a certain “high” he /she gets from it

3.Tolarence with time increasing physical activity to satisfy the need of activity

4.withdrawal, symptoms

5.Conflict, with the persons around the exercisers life regarding exercise

6.Relapse,

How much is too much

An accepted definition or cut off limits does not exist. A compulsive need to exercise that is potentially psychological or physical harmful can be termed as excess addictive exercise. It’s difficult to draw a line between harmful and beneficial exercise as the term has been abused and used vaguely in society. Committed vs Addicted exercisers Committed exercisers are physically and psychologically healthy individuals who have a good perception on exercise. And make it part of their routine but never the center of their universe and don’t suffer from withdrawal if they are unable to perform. Addicted individuals do suffer from withdrawal if unable to perform and continue exercising despite having reached their work out or weight loss goals. These individuals symptoms of addictions manifest and life becomes difficult to manage.