Overtraining: The Effect on Hormones & Testosterone- Thomas DeLauer

Overtraining: The Effect on Hormones & Testosterone- Thomas DeLauer… When we work out, we're causing stress in our bodies. That's a given, everyone has said that. But what we want to understand is how this stress can lead to overtraining, and how this overtraining can lead to diminished hormone function, and we know how important hormones are. Things like testosterone obviously play a critical factor in how much body fat we accumulate, how much body fat we burn, and overall how much muscle we build. So now there are some direct links with overtraining and testosterone decline. So let's dive into the science and let's understand if you're truly overtraining.

Alright, so first off we have to understand what the symptoms of overtraining are, and the problem is they're a little bit vague because they hit everyone a little bit different. But in general, we're talking serious, serious fatigue. Then we're also talking sleeplessness. When you're overtraining you are in a situation where your catecholamines like your adrenaline, your other fight or flight hormones are skyrocketing, meaning you don't sleep very well. But you're also going to find yourself in a situation where you're getting sick a lot. You're not able to recover. And also when you don't recover, you have declines in performance. So if you're feeling like you're at a plateau, there's a very good chance you're overtraining. Well, let me rephrase that. No matter who you are, there's a good chance you're overtraining, 'cause it doesn't take much.

But the big factor here is testosterone. What kind of effect does truly overtraining and does stress have on testosterone production? And not only men, but women too. Of course, it's going to have a bigger impact on men because we're driven a little bit more by testosterone, but it still applies to both genders. Now when we look at the science, it's easy to think that it could be the cytokine hypothesis. Now the cytokine hypothesis shows that whenever you train harder, whenever you work out, or whenever you work out for a long period of time without adequate rest or recovery, you end up in a situation where you have vast amounts of interleukins that injure the body, or they're produced. So we're talking interleukin one, interleukin three, five, six, 10, 15. These interleukins trigger specific inflammatory responses within the body. We have to remember, with training we want inflammation. Inflammation is what heals us and recovers us. But if it happens too much, it takes energy away from the rest of the body.

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[Emanuel]

Great video! You’ll see thousands of videos about training hard and commitment but learning to listen to what your body is telling you is crucial. Train smart and rest smart.

[ColleenMichelleFit]

Oh my gosh yesss please ! I’ve suffered from adrenal fatigue & was diagnosed with hashimotos hypo all at once & needless to say my goals are just that much harder to attain I know when my body is telling me to take a step back since I’ve gone through it once I knew the signs . All in all I love this topic & all your videos ! Keep me coming

[bawilliams]

I've been struggling with Test production and exhaustion for awhile! Clearly I'm avoiding rest from over training. Thank you for the video!

[AdamScottfit]

Fits in nicely with not training when short of sleep and taking a week out when you feel a bit flat. When I was at my desk Job I used to take weeks off when I had a very heavy workload (every 8-12 weeks). I found that really helped me in preventing that flat feeling!

[makegeorgeorwellfictionaga]

I found out from you, berg and christopher walker, that I was overtraining, its so much better now and I sleep better generally

[anandtrivedi]

I had discovered this long ago from my observation, too much heavy weights larger than what we can lift what we usually call pushing a lot, causes over training in very less amount of time, so the alternative studies have when u train with body weight there are less chances of we over training it and our body responds a lot better at recovering, strength has to increase gradually, but we wish to increase it in one go, which might not be the right way and also can easily lead to over training .

[duranjensen]

Man you are truly a wicked smart dude when it comes to the science of this nutrition and biology stuff man and I commend you for that. God has truly blessed you with some cognitive abilities, dont forget to be grateful. I learn a lot from your channel keep up the good work!👍

[cheronecom]

Lighting in this video is on point. Like the gray background.

[mtejta]

Just hit a 2 and a half hour session in the gym and this drops..
#GodsPlan.

[SimonWorlds]

Amazing video, from my personal experience I would agree with you here.
I had a huge drop last year from a 2 year over training stint, it has been 6 months of not much training now sadly and I have had to focus on diet, prop sleep and very small amounts of exercise a few times per week to start feeling normal again, it is a hard lesson to learn. But I will now train a lot smarter moving forward. I was actually in the bracket of being approved for TRT, but I have decided not to go down that road as many other natural things can be corrected first.

[joewrx]

More onOvertraining and testosterone please you’re the best bud

[reyreyes]

why not tell us what is overtraining, and how to avoid it? thanks

[marconi]

Perfectly timed video for me!
Thanks!

[ketoking]

Too much training can mess up the adrenal system, cortisol and funny enough stress which puts weight on for some folk, , , some trial and error I found out the hard way, , , , great vid,

[trinichinee]

Just the content I need mate ... And I need more !!
I'm an aspiring marathon runner so recovery is a big factor for us unlike the weight training industry .. I'm trying to find ways of recovery and this video was important.. but incomplete?
I will still sub 👊

[Aareses]

Thomas, thanks for all the great videos. It would be awesome if you could produce more videos with content about over training. It's very needed by many! I like the new background a lot.

[austinz]

I love you thomas! Your the best out there right now. Thanks i needed this information today havent been recovering at all lately and this is exactly why

[dyahviona]

I think the trick is to learn to listen to your body when to keep push up harder and when to just simply stop and rest. Simple but quite challenging.

[nochanceu]

Can you go one step further and discuss the impact of OT on keto/fat adaptation? Great video

[chunkwobbler]

Thank you for this. We do need a lot more research done on overtraining and how to walk that fine line between optimal training and overtraining.