Exercise is good. We all know that. But, as with everything in life, there are caveats. Committing to a deadlift without adopting the appropriate form can cause severe damage, while excessive overexercising can result in injury, difficulty sleeping and, in some circumstances, mood swings and depression. Which begs a question: is there a limit to what our bodies can legitimately tolerate? Is there a tipping point where exercise goes from beneficial to detrimental? Does each of us have an innate exercise ceiling? To answer this question effectively, it’s first essential to highlight that any analysis of exercise and its impacts needs to incorporate far more than the workout itself. It also has to include elements such as nutrition, rest and recovery, how seasoned the individual is in terms of their familiarity with exercise, as well as factors such as age and gender. All play a vital role in determining someone’s ability to not only tolerate particular disciplines, but to keep pushing their performance boundaries.
Rest response
“Exercise is a stress that requires rest and nutritional support in order for recovery and adaptation to occur,” says Stuart Phillips, director at the McMaster Centre for Nutrition, Exercise and Health Research in Canada. “The
