Excessive exercise can be driven by psychological reasons such as anxiety or energy regulation issues, rather than productive training goals, and may require professional intervention. — Whalespan
Excessive exercise can be driven by psychological reasons such as anxiety or energy regulation issues, rather than productive training goals, and may require professional intervention.
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
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High-risk intervention — consult a physician before acting.Drug-drug interactions, dose-dependence, and screening contraindications apply.
“Obviously, I'm not a psychologist or therapist. But there are clearly situations in which folks dose themselves with far too much exercise for reasons that are not because it's productive to their training or goals. And if such a case, we would probably bring in somebody that specializes in those areas to clear that out and just make sure it's like, we're not doing this for anxiety issues or energy things.”