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to overexercise

to overexercise

4.3
To do too much physical activity and harm the body
  • verb
  • /ˌoʊvərˈɛksərsaɪz/
translation icon : sobreejercitar
  • Doctors warn that people who overexercise are at risk of injury.

Examples

  • Don't overexercise if you're feeling tired.

  • If you overexercise, you may experience fatigue and muscle soreness.

  • She started to overexercise in an attempt to lose weight quickly.

  • She overexercised last week and hurt her back.

  • If you overexercise too frequently, you risk serious injury to your body.

  • She often overexercises, which has led to several minor injuries over time.

  • Many people don't realize that if they overexercise, it can be harmful to their health.

Synonyms

to overdo
vsto overexercise
58 3.6

Do something too much, more than needed

is specific to physical activity done too much and causing bodily harm
to overextend
vsto overexercise
19 6.3

To try to do more than you can handle and cause strain

is about excessive physical activity causing harm rather than taking too many commitments
to overexert
vsto overexercise
4 6.5

Make more effort than your body or mind can handle

is about sustained physical activity that damages the body through excess
to overexert oneself
vsto overexercise
3 7.2

Make too much effort with your body or mind so it is unhealthy

is about repeated planned physical activity that causes harm rather than single effort
to overtrain
vsto overexercise
1 6.5

To exercise so much that you feel tired and your body hurts

is about too much general physical activity leading to harm or injury
to overstress
vsto overexercise
1 4.4

To put too much strain on the body or mind

is about too much physical activity that leads to injury rather than general pressure
to overstrain
vsto overexercise
6.5

To push yourself or something too hard so it breaks and you become very tired

is focused on planned physical activity becoming harmful rather than general overuse

Antonyms

816 1.0

To stop activity to relax or sleep and get energy back

How Intense

to overtrain
1 6.5
to overexercise
4.3
to train
442 1.0
to exercise
114 1.0

Surface Forms

overexercise infinitive
overexercised past participle
overexercising present participle
overexercises third person singular

Morphology

overexercise = exercise (transparent) = over + exercise

A clear productive prefixation: 'over-' (too much) + the verb 'exercise' yields 'exercise too much'.

Etymology

Overexercise comes from over- 'too much' and exercise 'to train or work out', so as a verb it means to train or exercise so much that you cause harm or injury.