How much exercise is too much?

Your body is best judge regarding this, at a time, when you started to feel exhausted, and in severe cases little pain in any muscle, it signals a halt to exercise, don't wait that to happen,,follow your own strength or capacity.

You need at least one or more rest days when you're working out / exercising. Do not work on muscles every day, ration them out and work on them properly. It's not about how fast you can do it, it's how effective you do it. Take your time, work up a good pace for yourself and just eat healthy and exercise regularly and you won't be feeling dead beat tired or even possibly pulling muscles.

Exercise becomes too much when your struggling to breathe and cannot perform the exercises how they are supposed to be performed - rendering them useless

Too much exercise exists when we exercise to point that the net result is we are harming our bodies more than building up our bodies. If we cannot meet other life priorities because of above average time spent exercising that would also most likely indicate excess exercise. The purpose of exercise is to improve health and lifestyle. If above average exercise is not promoting these purposes one is probably exercising too much.

When one starts working out for the first time and their body isn't used to it, it's very easy to go overboard and do too much too soon, which can hurt your joints and tendons, especially if performed incorrectly. Beyond the starting phase, one should make sure to give their body enough time to recover from one workout before they train the same body part again. An easy way to check if your body has completely recovered is seeing if you can perform at least as many sets and reps as the last time you trained the same body part. If that isn't the case, chances are you could have used more rest. Ideally, you want to see your numbers go up with following workouts, not stall or go down.

This is a challenge for so many because we associate exercise with a healthy lifestyle and people often think the more the better. I exercise about 3-5 days a week and find that resting in between days often makes me feel stronger when I return. From a physiological standpoint, when your body feels beat down or your muscles are extremely sore it is probably a good idea to cut back. Remember, exercise is supposed to make you feel stronger! From a psychological standpoint, if you are canceling obligations or seeing friends or family less to make time for additional exercise, it is also probably a good idea to check your time spend in the gym. Exercise is important for our health but that does not mean it should take priority over our mental health. Overall, it seems that too much exercise depends on the person and that when it causes more damage (to your body or mental functioning) it is time to consider cutting back.

Too much exercise is when it affects your wellbeing. You also experience fatigue and pain. This is not the same as after normally working out.

Exercise is too much the second it appears in your life more importantly than your own health and happiness.

Every person is different, depending on your goals, body, medical history and other personal variables You should always talk to doctor about your exercise regimen before you begin. And, make sure you eat right and stay hydrated.

This is a tough question to answer generically. But there are two components: 1) mental and 2) physical. If you are becoming mentally exhausted and bored, it's probably time to change up your routine. If you are becoming physically exhausted, then it's probably time to scale back a bit or take some time off.