Can I hurt myself from exercising too much?

Can I hurt myself from exercising too much?

That is probably one of the most common things that I've seen over the years that I've been a fitness professional. People get a little overzealous. They can be sincere, and they can be sincerely wrong at the same time. They can be very excited. You have to remember that it's a journey, and the point of the journey isn't necessarily to arrive; it's to enjoy the process. So people want to get to their end destination too quickly, and that's where they run into trouble. They don't pause long enough to get feedback from their body so their body can tell them the story of what's actually happening. People definitely get hurt from exercising too much. You know that you've exercised too much if you have insomnia. You think, "Man, if I exercise a lot it seems like I'd be sleeping a lot." but what happens is your body is so revved up that it actually has a hard time slowing down enough. As a result you don't get into quality REM sleep and then you don't release the growth hormone as much as you should, which would further help your recovery and help you lose body fat as well.