Overtraining?

[pelagius]

Originally Posted by Archaea

Hyperbole, my friend.

Sorry, I am a little slow today (must be working too hard on my current paper).

[Archaea]

Originally Posted by pelagius

Sorry, I am a little slow today (must be working too hard on my current paper).

There are four things in life where you can never have too much, money, sex, health and time to do what you wish. With the foregoing, you can always develop friendships.

[pelagius]

Originally Posted by Archaea

There are four things in life where you can never have too much, money, sex, health and time to do what you wish. With the foregoing, you can always develop friendships.

Well, at least the paper is about money. (I am presenting the paper at Wharton in three weeks so I am trying to crank on it at the moment).

[bluegoose]

Originally Posted by Archaea

There's no such thing as overtraining, but there is undertraining. Right now, injuries are limiting me to undertraining.

Huh??? Since when???

Overtraining is seen in nearly every sport which involved a high volume of intense training. Cyclists can overtrain quite easily if not careful. Thats why intervals are only recommended twice, or at the very most, three times weekly. Top guys keep a close eye on their powermeters throughout the spring to make sure they peak at the right time. If overtrained, effort goes up, but power goes down.

Weight lifters same situation. Gotta get some rest. Marsupial brings up a good point about waiting 48 hours between intense exercise for a certain muscle group. I've got a colleague who advocates even longer recovery times for builder mass, sometimes up to 14 days if needed.

[il Padrino Ute]

Originally Posted by DirtyHippieUTE

So I'm trying to work out my work out...

Last year I was:

Lifting 4x a week...

Running every other day...

Swimming 1x a week...

Biking on the days I didn't run or swim...

Now I've picked up a new thing on Wed & Fri that absolutely kicks my arse...

How do I know when I'm over training? Obviously I'll be sore and tired for a while, but how long should I keep it up before I decide that I'm burning out or getting better?

When you're to the point that you find yourself wanting a small plate of fruit and veggies for lunch instead of a brat, you've been overtraining.

[Venkman]

Originally Posted by il Padrino Ute

When you're to the point that you find yourself wanting a small plate of fruit and veggies for lunch instead of a brat, you've been overtraining.

LOL, that's probably a good indicator.