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Overtraining that really messes you up is super rare — most people don’t train hard or long enough to actually hit that point.

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Even though these fitness pros worked out a lot, most didn’t show signs of overtraining, which supports the idea that it’s really hard to overtrain by accident.

Researchers looked at many studies that tried to force people into a state of overtraining, but they found that it is actually very hard to achieve and rarely happens, even when intended.

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