Running Fatigue Symptoms And How To Overcome It – [date_month_year] Edition…

Imagine this!

You are in your bed at night…

Your spouse is happily snoring beside you…

You are trying to fall asleep for the last 2 hours…

But not able to…

You have to go for the morning run…

at 5:00 AM…It is already 2:00 AM…

Also, the same training is getting harder and harder to perform everyday…

You cannot figure out a reason…You are a total mess…

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2. Not having resting period between trainings

3. Speeding too much

“Speed Thrills But Kills” – Traffic Police

This is a sane piece of advice that traffic police of all the countries share

This is the same as Running.

Are you doing speed training 8 times or more in a week?

If so, be assured that pH level and your blood lactate level will remain increased

To have an effective speed workout, you have to have a lower pH level.

So, speeding too much is a bad idea…

How To Differentiate Between The Two Types?

Unfortunately, you may not be able to differentiate between the two.

The outer manifestation of both is similar to lack of sleep, moodiness, tired, lack of sleep…etc.

However, physiologically there are some differences.

If you over-train,  catecholamine excretion will increase in your body.

Also, if you are overtraining, your neuromuscular patterns will change

However, for Adrenaline fatigue, there will be a decreased level of cortisol in your body.

So, your best bet is to visit a physician who specializes in sports injury

What will happen if you don’t treat them?

If you keep on overtraining, you will eventually burn out.

Also, other than the physiological effect it will affect every other part of your life.

Let’s look into individual effects one by one:

Increased heart rate:

This will put a strain on your heart and can result in a permanent cardiovascular disease

Also, an increased heart rate will make you more susceptible to Cardiac Arrest.

I know one person, who has a special heart condition because she lived with an increased heart rate for years.

Her heart started to grow in size. A condition called cardiomegaly.

Now after several years of suffering from this condition, she has a decreased level of energy, low tolerance to illness and a very restrictive life.

Trouble Focusing

The amount of success you have is directly proportional to the amount of focus you can put into this.

If you are too fatigued, you will have a hard time focusing.

As a result, the output that you will get is sub-par.

Your motivation level will go down and will end up abandoning the task at hand

You are falling ill more often

Fatigue can take a toll on your immunity.

This will make you vulnerable and you will end up falling sick more often.

Due to this, you will have to be absent from the more important tasks of your life and you will gradually feel left behind.

Increased level of cravings

When you start any workout session, you will find that your level of cravings has gone down.

But if you see the reverse happening, that means your body is trying to tell you something.

It is a signal that you need to take care of a bigger underlying issue.

Also, if you give in to cravings, you will go on a binge eating spree

This will make you feel guilty afterward and further worsening your condition

Also, due to your altered eating habits, you will end up gaining weight, which will demotivate you and you will eventually give up the workout.

Moodiness

Off late, your spouse has become very moody.

He flies off the handle at anything and everything.

How will you feel?

Obviously not good…

You will end up distancing yourself and you will also stop involving him in your life.

This is a very bad situation to be in.

The same will happen if you do this to your spouse.

It will spoil your relationships and family.

Other serious health issues

Along with all the above, Adrenaline Fatigue brings a host of other problems with it.

If you suffer from it, for a long time, you will end up having

• Low HDL Cholesterol – This is the ‘good’ cholesterol. If you have a low level of this, it increases the chances of heart disease
• Obesity – This can bring in another host of problems which needs a separate post of its own to tackle
• Hypertension – Or high blood pressure. This is kind of obvious if you have an increased heart rate all the time
• Insulin Resistance – This is one of the worst things to have. You will become susceptible to Type 2 Diabetes. As we all know, Diabetes is a “silent killer.”

How To Treat Fatigue?

To treat these fatigue symptoms, first, you will have to develop patience.

Your chances of recovering greatly depend on how patiently you can follow the rest of the below process. 

Sleep

As with any recovery process, sleep plays an important role.

So, here also, you will have to sleep well, and at least 7-8 hours a day.

This will help in your faster recovery.

You screw this up and you will be back to square 1 aka your overtrained self

Eat a nourishing diet

Ancient medical sciences of India, Japan, China, and other countries, treat food as a way to heal your body.

They believe that most of your health problems can be treated with food.

So, eat your food with faith and it will heal your body.

A balanced diet of protein, carbohydrate and fat are what you need.

If you cannot decide on what to eat, consult your local RD (Registered Dietitian) and get a plan for you

Caveat: This doesn’t apply to junk food 😉 They are hollow calories and do no good to your body.

Stay away from them.

Stress Less

This is easier said than done.

I’m not in your shoes and cannot recommend a quick fix for that.

However, you need to figure out a way to deal with it.

If you can ignore some of the trivial things, then ignore those.

If you are in a habit of being perfect, learn to live a little imperfectly.

There is no size fits all answer to this.

However, you have to figure out away.

One thing that has worked and has stood the test of time is meditation.

If you can spare 15-20 min a day to meditate, this will reduce your stress a lot

Also, as an added bonus, you will have an increased level of concentration

Reduce Caffeine

I get it…

Caffeine and soda are extremely addictive.

Also, studies have shown that caffeine can boost your short term performance.

However, when you are going through an Adrenaline Fatigue phase, your body will want more stimulants.

However, the effectiveness of caffeine will be reduced due to fatigue.

Another thing that we overlook when we are addicted to caffeine is that it has the power to keep us awake.

However, to treat any kind of fatigue, including adrenaline fatigue, you need to have a decent amount of peaceful sleep.

So, having coffee or any kind of stimulant for that matter will interfere with your sleep pattern.

This will further delay your healing…

Conclusion

Over-training and Adrenaline fatigue are totally treatable conditions.

However, to get back your prime health, you will have to have a lot of patience.

Without patience, you will never be able to recover fully and will keep hitting the wall.

This is an extremely frustrating experience and will lead to more serious health issues…

So, why go into that mode…at-all…

Eat well, stress less, exercise smart and be healthy…

Do you have any interesting stories to share with us regarding fatigue?

Tell us that in the comments section below…

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