First of all, thank you for reading this. I'm mildly worried about the possibilty that I've been experiencing the "symptoms" of overtraining fot quite a long time without acknowleding it. I'm working out consistently with Fitness Blender since March, roughly four to five times a week. As far as I recall, I've experienced muscle soreness only the very first weeks of regular physical activity, but then the soreness no longer came back. I always did feel fatigued after intense HIIT and very difficult exercises, of course, but not sore. Flash forward to these last few days: recently, I've completed my first FB program (taking it slow, because as I mentioned I only workout four to five times a week) and then I took a "forced" rest period in which I couldn't workout for days (roughly an entire week). Three days ago and again today, I chose to workout. I've started Sweat and...surprise! The soreness is back; in addition to this, I feel that I've "leaned out" when I stopped. I just don't get it. I didn't stop for such a long time that my body could have "forget" all that it learned, did I? The overtraining hypothesis seems strange as well, but I don't know what to think. I'd be happy to hear your opinions about this. Thank you again!
Could this be overtraining?
First of all, thank you for reading this. I'm mildly worried about the possibilty that I've been experiencing the "symptoms" of overtraining fot quite a long time without acknowleding it. I'm working out consistently with Fitness Blender since March, roughly four to five times a week. As far as I recall, I've experienced muscle soreness only the very first weeks of regular physical activity, but then the soreness no longer came back. I always did feel fatigued after intense HIIT and very difficult exercises, of course, but not sore. Flash forward to these last few days: recently, I've completed my first FB program (taking it slow, because as I mentioned I only workout four to five times a week) and then I took a "forced" rest period in which I couldn't workout for days (roughly an entire week). Three days ago and again today, I chose to workout. I've started Sweat and...surprise! The soreness is back; in addition to this, I feel that I've "leaned out" when I stopped. I just don't get it. I didn't stop for such a long time that my body could have "forget" all that it learned, did I? The overtraining hypothesis seems strange as well, but I don't know what to think. I'd be happy to hear your opinions about this. Thank you again!