Is your exercise routine wrecking your gut? Five signs your workout is actually sabotaging your health… and how to fix it

By Jaime Catmull @ Daily Mail

You do everything right. You hit the gym five or six days a week, you eat clean, and you never skip leg day.

So why do you still feel bloated, exhausted and like you’re catching every cold going around?

According to fitness and health experts, the answer might be surprising – every time you push yourself through another punishing workout without giving your body the recovery it needs, you are messing with the delicate balance of your gut.

‘Productive training stress follows a simple pattern: you challenge the body, you recover, and you come back stronger,’ said Dr Desi Bartlett, creator of The Body Mind Work Out and a certified personal trainer.

‘The line gets crossed when the stress keeps coming and the recovery never catches up.’

That imbalance, Bartlett told Daily Mail, doesn’t just leave you tired. It can throw your gut and with it, your immune system, your mood and even your long-term health into chaos.