What “Optimal” Health Is Really Costing You — The Hidden Price Nobody Talks About
▶ Are people getting enough exercise?
Most people are not.
Only 24 percent meet the recommendations for both aerobic and resistance exercise. And fewer than 47 percent of American adults meet recommendations for aerobic physical activity.17
▶ Is getting more than the recommended amount better?
For the most part yes, but past a certain point, more effort delivers less benefit—and potentially more risk.
Overtraining (and/or under-recovering) can disrupt hormone levels, mess with sleep and mood, cause excess fatigue, chronically elevate your heart rate, cause injuries, and more.18 19 Extreme volumes of endurance exercise training may be detrimental for the heart, and increase risk of myocardial fibrosis, coronary artery calcification, and atrial fibrillation.20 21 22 23
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