Compulsive exercisers will often schedule their lives around exercise just as those with eating disorders schedule their lives around eating (or not eating). Other indications of compulsive exercise are:
* Missing work, parties or other appointments in order to work out
* Working out with an injury or while sick
* Becoming unusually depressed if unable to exercise
* Working out for hours at a time each day
* Not taking any rest or recovery days
* Defining self-worth in terms of performance
* Justifies excessive behavior by defining self as a "special" elite athlete
It is very unhealthy and can result in panic attacks, heart failure, and/or other severe problems, even death.