YOUR HEALTH | Overdoing your exercise

By Dr Adam Castricum
October 30 2020 - 7:00am
BALANCE: Daily exercise is great for improving your health and well-being, but too much may cause some problems. Picture: Shutterstock.
BALANCE: Daily exercise is great for improving your health and well-being, but too much may cause some problems. Picture: Shutterstock.

Q: Is there such thing as too much exercise?

High Intensity Interval training (HIIT) has become popular recently. As little as seven minutes of this, three times a week for 12 weeks can give similar, if not better, results for many values related to heart disease and diabetes as well as reducing body fat.

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