HOW TO CHANGE:

Over time as an athlete, you will develop the ability to pick up on the physiological signals that your body gives you through exercise and how to separate between general exercise-induced fatigue, which is actually good to experience, and the type of fatigue that comes with overtraining or the early onset of an illness. If you can tell the difference you will know when it’s time to take an extra rest day and recover before starting to train again. Examples of these signals include loss of appetite, needing to sleep excessively, decrease in performance levels and a lack of desire to train.