Is there a name for an addiction to excercise?

Question

my friend was just wondering, so i told him I would find out.....

Answer 1

Hey lilmizzshawti,

Hope you don't mind, this sounds like a good setup for my stupid humor:
Exercisaholic,
Workoutus,
Pumpironitus,
Athletoma,
Calestenicitus,
Beefcakeanoma,
MuscularEnvy,
Fataphobia.

Answer 2

Exercise addiction

Exercise addiction has only recently begun to be studied. It is a compulsory need for some physical type of exercise. Addictions include commitment to jogging, running, jazzercize, stair-stepping, etc. Some people run on treadmills, spin, or stair-step for hours or participate in more than one exercise class per day. Like other addictions, people with exercise addiction have lives which revolve around their exercise. People feel controlled by their exercises and refuse to miss a session of their work out schedule. People will even exercise when they have physical injuries, thus exacerbating their wounds and creating further damage. Experts agree that 1% of the population suffer from exercise addiction.

Withdrawal is common among exercise addicts. They experience mood swings and depression when they must forgo their exercise routine.

Answer 3

exercise addiction
it can be a serious problme
I know a guy who needs ot exercise 3 hours a day before work and then after work and gets depressed if he didn't



For some people, exercise can become compulsive, to a degree which is as physically, psychologically and emotionally destructive as ingesting chemicals. Like other addictions (gambling, work, alcohol), the need to compulsively exercise is informed by a range of motivations. These can include avoidance, mood manipulation, a desire to control, and as a general method of coping with life.

How common is it?
Exercise addiction is rare but may be on the increase as exercise patterns change, particularly as exercise is culturally acceptable, even admired. It is widely believed that exercise addiction is linked to the eating disorder anorexia nervosa, which affects approximately 1% of the population.

good website
http://www.addictions.co.uk/addiction.asp?id=exercise

Answer 4

I briefly saw a TV segment on Excercise Anorexia. The girl from Spronos was said to have it.

There are also other names for it Compulsive Exercise, Obligatory Exercise, Anorexia Athletica.

Answer 5

Goodhealth Idis!

Answer 6

I dont know what the name is, but I would love to find out because my sister and her husband are definitely addicts!!

Answer 7

I think I've heard that some people with Anorexia compulsively exercise.

Answer 8

I just know, that the fitness clubs call them "permanent residents"

Answer 9

Yeah an anorexic with no life.