Am I over-training?

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Bike 12km to and from work 5 days a week

run 30 minutes either on the street or up the mountain 3-7 days a week

swim 400 meters 4-7 days a week

rock climb (sport climbing) 2-3 days a week (Don't go to the gym on the same day as climbing)

and go to the gym 4-7 days a week.

I am also concentrating on swimming/running longer distances in the future as I improve.

My diet is sufficient enough for my lifestyle. I have never been injured. And I don't work the same muscle groups twice in a row. I was wondering if what I am doing is detrimental to my health and muscle growth/strength/endurance. I am not training for anything specific such as a triathalon, just simply for fun and to improve in the various activities.

Snowboarding and surfing fits its way in once a week depending on the season, but seams irrelevant.
 
you need to know exactly what you are doing in order to determine how good or bad the road ahead really is. What's your BMR? How long does it take you for the 12km? How old are you, your weight etc. The information is not specific enough, how many calories do you eat per day, how many calories do you burn? Read some stickies on nutrition that you can find in this forum in case you are not sure about how to tackle things.
 
When I hear the word over-training, I automatically think of injury. But it really encompasses more than that. If you're training and your body does not have the proper time to recover, you are over-training.

Looking at your list above, I don't think an athlete would be over-training by performing it. But the question is, are you an athlete or did you just start doing this two weeks ago with zero build up? Give us some background information on you? How long have you been following this routine? The two areas where I'm really interested are running and rock climbing. Both of these can be a problem.

Sleep is a huge factor in recovery. How many hours of sleep do you get regularly?

And finally, what prompted the question in the first place? Are you showing any signs of over-training? Does anything hurt? Any nagging pain? Are you tired? How do your muscles feel? Any significant weight loss?
 
How do you feel?
Are you enjoying yourself?
Is your performance dropping?

If you feel OK and you're not getting noticably weaker or frequently injured then I doubt there's any reason to change what you're doing. It sounds like you're going for alround health, endurance and strength rather than strength of endurance specifically so what you're doing looks fine.

Just make sure you eat and sleep well and keep enjoying yourself
 
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