The following are drawbacks for muscles as regards continued hard training without sufficiently recovery:

• Triggers off the concept overtraining.
• The working capacity of your muscles is heavily reduced.
• The resting time that your muscles need to recover completely is increased in line with your continued training.
• The time that passes before your muscles are completely recovered might result that you cannot reach the objective you have been training so hard to attain.
• It is necessary to map out a new objective as well as a new training plan.
• Without recognizing overtraining you will become mentally drained, because the training effort does not bear fruit.
• Your frustration can affect your state of mind, performance level and energy in everyday life, which could be harmful to yourself and your surroundings.