As we move along in our training and vigorously apply the six basic keys, we need to be aware of the various bodybuilding snags and pitfalls. At any and every level of training our deadliest and most subtle enemy is overtraining.
Muscular gains come slowly at best and only from a lot of hard work.
We therefore conclude that the harder we work, the greater our growth. In our eagerness to build muscle , we exceed our training limitations and tear down more muscle tissue that the body is able to repair. The symptoms of overtraining are chronic fatigue, insomnia, loss of appetite, proneness to injury and illness and the inability to achieve a pump. You may think you have the flu as muscles ache, bodyweight and strength drop and you have a nagging loss of interest in your training. If any of these symptoms of overtraining heap up on you, back off your training immediately and take time out to re-evaluate yourself and your workouts.